Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Met with Gold Star Families in Bellevue

Rosanne Sallee, shares the memory of her first husband, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Karle Seydel, who was killed in action on Dec. 7, 1950, during the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Family Member Update, Bellevue, Washington, May 3, 2025. Families of missing service members share stories about their loved ones during the remembrance ceremony at the Family Member Update, which also included information about ongoing recoveries, identification processes and advancements, partnerships and innovations, and any significant developments regarding specific cases of missing service members. DPAA aims to account for the Nation’s still missing while keeping the families of the missing informed and involved. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shay Stuart)

An EOD technician’s passion returns him to DPAA

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Sims, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned as a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency short term individual augmentee, and the DPAA Accounting Agency recovery team, Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons officials, and local Vietnamese workers pose for a photo after completing recovery operations in Vietnam on April 11, 2025. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting of U.S. missing personnel to their families and the nation; there are currently 1,572 missing U.S. personnel from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Chloe Zimmerer)

A Room for Closure: Inside DPAA's Sacred Space

An exterior view of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency family viewing room from the building’s atrium, April 25, 2025, on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Centered in the middle of the building, the viewing room serves as a solemn and dignified space where families can witness the return of their loved ones who have been missing in action. This room is considered the heart of the DPAA facility, symbolizing the culmination of the agency's mission to account for missing U.S. service members. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keion Jackson)

There’s a first for everything

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Danny Black, left, a team sergeant and U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Connor Dougherty, a medic, both with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, lower a Skedco stretcher for a medical evacuation rehearsal during a recovery mission in Laos, Mar. 2, 2025. DPAA team members practiced safely descending the mountain with a simulated real-world casualty. There are more than 280 personnel missing in Laos from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen Holland)

Mentorship Shapes First Field Mission for DPAA Forensic Anthropologist

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 25-2VN recovery team members and local Vietnamese workers excavate an archaeological unit and pass material to a wet screening station during a recovery operation in Vietnam, March 9, 2025. U.S. military and civilian personnel from DPAA work with its in-country detachment, the U.S. Embassy, locals and the Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons officials to work towards a successful recovery mission. They are supplemented by short-term individual augments from the U.S. Army units; 102nd Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force, Oregon, 21st Infantry Regiment, and U.S. Air Force units; 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 35th Surgical Operations Squadron, 673rd Healthcare Operations Squadron and 39th Air Base Wing, which contribute their specialized skill sets to the mission. There are currently 1,573 U.S. personnel missing from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Morgan L. R. Burgess)

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Conducts Repatriation Ceremony in Vietnam

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Travis Walter, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Detachment 2 commander, and General Nguyen Ba Thang, Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons, sign transfer documents before a repatriation ceremony in Vietnam, April 19, 2025. The ceremony marked the culmination of the efforts of three recovery teams to recover U.S. personnel unaccounted for during the Vietnam War. During the ceremony, an honor guard team escorted the potential remains for transport to the DPAA Laboratory on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Once there, the scientific analysis process will begin. There are currently 1,573 Americans missing from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Met with Gold Star Families in Bellevue

An EOD technician’s passion returns him to DPAA

A Room for Closure: Inside DPAA's Sacred Space

There’s a first for everything

Mentorship Shapes First Field Mission for DPAA Forensic Anthropologist

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Conducts Repatriation Ceremony in Vietnam

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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Met with Gold Star Families in Bellevue The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted its latest Family Member Update on May 3, where the agency provided updates to the families on their loved one’s Story

An EOD technician’s passion returns him to DPAA An Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned as a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency short term individual augmentee, deployed with a small team of military and civilian members to A Loui, Vietnam, from March 1 to April 17, 2025, as part of a DPAA mission to recover and identify remains of missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts. Story

A Room for Closure: Inside DPAA's Sacred Space Every aspect of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency building was designed with significances and intention. Every architectural detail, from its placement to the smallest design element, reflects this profound mission. Story

Airman Accounted For From WWII (Berrier, W.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. William I. Berrier, 22, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war Story

Airman Accounted For From Korean War (O'Dell, H.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Air Force Capt. Howard E. O’Dell, 30, who was killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Story

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Defense Secretary Announces 100th Service Member Identified From Remains Turned Over by North Korea The 100th service member from a group of remains handed over by North Korea seven years ago has been successfully identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced from Hawaii. Story

Department Tells Gold Star Families: We'll Find Loved Ones, Bring Them Home Some 380 Gold Star families attended a family member update to learn how the agency is proceeding in efforts to repatriate the remains of service members who never returned home from the Vietnam War, the Korean War or World War II. Story

Returning heroes home: How DISA supports DPAA’s mission to bring the missing back to their families Every U.S. Warfighter who answers the nation’s call carries a solemn promise: they will never be Story

HRC’s Past Conflicts Repatriation Branch strives to connect Families with fallen Marge Hop Wong was in the third grade when her brother Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop, who became a waist Story

Face of Defense: Air Force Officer Contributes to DPAA Efforts People join the Air Force for many reasons, from the potential to travel abroad to the educational Story

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