Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Recovery Mission in England

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team sift through dirt during a DPAA recovery mission in England, April 27, 2022. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry)

Investigative Team in Laos

Gunnery Sgt. Ian Swain, explosive ordinance disposal technician assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts a metal detection sweep during a joint field activity (JFA) in Savannakhet Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 14, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new Covid-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James Thompson)

New MOU strengthens partnerships

Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG), left, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, DPAA deputy director for operations, sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 13. NMAG is one of the long-term host nation government partners that assists DPAA in the search for missing U.S. service members. They have assisted DPAA for over 25 years through contributing to the return and identification of more than 320 U.S. service members, which attests to the strong cooperation forged from years of working together on this noble mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rusty Frank)

Researching Our Heroes

Mr. Kin Hulamm (left), an investigator who works for the Defense Intelligence Agency as a part of the Stony Beach Program in partnership with the Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and Mr. Khuong Vu, a DPAA Casualty Resolution Specialist, conduct research at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 18, 2022. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. Personnel to their families and our nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zachary T. Beatty)

Papua New Guinea Operations Summit

Dr. Denise To, Laboratory Manager, an employee at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), lead a tour group during a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 9, 2022. Papua New Guinea National Museum Art Gallery (NMAG) is one of the long-term host nation government partners that assists DPAA in the search for missing U.S. service members. The NMAG has assisted DPAA for over 25 years through contributing to the return and identification of and returning over 320 U.S. service members, which attests to the strong cooperation forged from years of working together on this noble mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Edward Randolph)

Missing Korean War Hero laid to rest

Kelly McKeague, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) director, shares the story of how recently accounted for U.S. Army Sgt. Roy “Buddy” Charles DeLauter was returned home during DeLauter’s funeral held on April 22, 2022. The mission of DPAA is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel and return them to their families and our nation. (DPAA photo by Shawn J. Stewart)

Recovery Mission in England

Investigative Team in Laos

New MOU strengthens partnerships

Researching Our Heroes

Papua New Guinea Operations Summit

Missing Korean War Hero laid to rest

U.S. Servicemembers and Civilians Missing from Past Conflicts

STORIES & RELEASES

USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Breedlove, J.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Jack A. Breedlove, 19, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, killed during Story

USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Brooks, W.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class William Brooks, 19, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May Story

Airman Accounted For From World War II (Uhrin, M.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Michael Uhrin, 21, killed during World War II, was accounted for Story

Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Girard, L.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Louis V. Girard, 20, of West, Texas, killed during World War II, Story

Airman Accounted For From World War II (Olenik, A.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Adolph “Leonard” Olenik, 19, of Detroit, killed during World Story

U.S. and Papua New Guinea strengthen relationship through summit Deputy Director for Operations for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, and other agency senior leaders hosted Dr. Story

Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Lewis, D.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. David M. Lewis, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for Story

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DPAA IN THE NEWS

Thai archival find may resolve fate of missing WWII US flyer (via AP) The remains of an American airman who went missing in action in World War II may finally be on their Story

Home again: Korean War vet's remains delivered to Hagerstown (via The Frederick News-Post) For more than 70 years, Sgt. Roy “Buddy” Charles DeLauter’s family wondered what became of him after Story

Unknown war dead identified 80 years after their deaths (via Nebraska Public Media) The USS Oklahoma was docked at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The massive battleship capsized quickly Story

Identifying Sunken Planes: UD and Project Recover work with the Danish Royal Navy to identify two U.S. bombers from WWII (via University of Delaware) On June 20, 1944, a collision occurred between two B-24 bombers that were part of the U.S. 565th Story

How scientist/detectives work to identify missing service members (via Nebraska Public Media) How scientist/detectives work to identify missing service members inside the DPAA lab at Offutt Air Story

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