Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

The Mission Continues in Vietnam

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nativo Rodriguez (left), a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeant, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelsey Aldridge (right), a DPAA short term individual augmentee (STIA) independent provider, set up a filter for wet screen stations during a DPAA recovery operation in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 6, 2024.

Wet screening is the process where soil is washed through wire mesh with high-pressure hoses to find any potential osseous material, life support equipment or material evidence.

There remain 1,577 missing personnel unaccounted-for in Vietnam.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Annaliss Candelaria

Recovery Operations Continue in France

U.S. Army Spc. Sefie Franck Yeo, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team member, prepares to place soil into a bucket during a recovery mission in France, April 28, 2024.

Multiple tools, methods and systems are utilized throughout each recovery mission in order to maximize time and space on site.

There are approximately 1,438 missing personnel in France from World War II.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka

DPAA conducts Vietnam Honorable Carry Ceremony

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sarah Lindsey, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission planner, carries a case during an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 17, 2024.

The ceremony involved the transfer of a case containing possible osseous material found during a recovery mission in Vietnam. The cases were transferred to DPAA laboratories for scientific analysis and possible identification.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Todd

USS Oklahoma Sailor Honored

U.S. Navy RDML John Saccomando, assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conduct an interment ceremony held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 9, 2024.

DPAA and attending family members paid their respects and honored the life of U.S. Navy Chief Water Tender Francis D. Day, who was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft during World War II.

Francis was accounted for on July 29, 2019, nearly 80 years after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Edward Randolph

2024 Mi-17 Remembrance Ceremony

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matt Brannen, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency deputy director, and Sgt. Maj. Anthony Worsley, senior enlisted advisor, pay respects to the victims of the Mi-17 crash during the Mi-17 memorial ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 5, 2024.

DPAA hosts a memorial service each year in honor of 16 American and Vietnamese personnel who were lost in a Mi-17 helicopter crash while searching for missing and unaccounted for personnel from the Vietnam War on April 7, 2001.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Todd

DPAA continues Korean War disinterment efforts

A grave marked as unknown is displayed at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 25, 2024.

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) disinterred eight caskets as part of the agency’s efforts to identify unknown service members lost during the Korean War. The caskets were transferred to the DPAA laboratory, where they will undergo further scientific analysis and possible identification.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry

The Mission Continues in Vietnam

Recovery Operations Continue in France

DPAA conducts Vietnam Honorable Carry Ceremony

USS Oklahoma Sailor Honored

2024 Mi-17 Remembrance Ceremony

DPAA continues Korean War disinterment efforts

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