Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

2025 National Vietnam War Veterans Day Wreath Laying Ceremony

Fern Sumpter Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency principal deputy director, participates in the National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington D.C., March 29, 2025. On this day, marking the disestablishment of the United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, and the departure of the final U.S. combat troops from Vietnam in 1973, the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration hosted this year’s ceremony. The main display featured three wreaths and concluded with a moment of silence to honor all veterans who served in the Vietnam War, as well as their families, for their service, dedication, and sacrifice. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashleigh Maxwell).

SECDEF Visits DPAA

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth poses for a group photo with U.S. service members at the Defense Personnel Accounting Agency on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 25, 2025. During his visit, the SECDEF announced the 100th identification from the 55 boxes of Korean War remains we received in 2018 after President Trump's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

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Liberation of Manila 80th anniversary ceremony

Service members and civilians with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency alongside American Battle Monuments Commission staff disinter a casket containing unknown remains at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines, March 3, 2025. The MACM holds personnel from the U.S., Philippines, and other allied nations and includes 29 Medal of Honor recipients. They operate and maintain 26 American cemeteries and 31 memorials, monuments and markers in 17 countries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cole Yardley)

The 2025 National POW/MIA Recognition Day Poster Is Now Available!

The 2025 National POW/MIA Recognition Day Poster is now available! Please click the link below to download or order a copy.

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Sixteen service members in rows of four stand in formation aboard an aircraft with caskets covered in American flags between them.

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.

DPAA Unveils 2025 Poster Honoring Missing Service Members

Fern Sumpter Winbush, principal deputy director for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, left, unveils the 2025 POW/MIA Recognition Day poster with Jeanie Huffman, a Gold Star daughter and poster designer, during a family member update in Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2025. The event was the largest family member update in the history of DPAA, with 380 family members attending, 276 of which were first timers. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher)

2025 National Vietnam War Veterans Day Wreath Laying Ceremony

SECDEF Visits DPAA

Liberation of Manila 80th anniversary ceremony

The 2025 National POW/MIA Recognition Day Poster Is Now Available!

Department Tells Gold Star Families: We'll Find Loved Ones, Bring Them Home

DPAA Unveils 2025 Poster Honoring Missing Service Members

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Airman Accounted For From WWII (Penny, B.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Bruce H. Penny, 21, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during Story

Soldier Accounted For From WWII (Walker, J.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. James M. Walker, 46, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War Story

Marine Accounted For From WWII (Ruark, J.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John W. Ruark, 21, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World Story

Airman Accounted For From WWII (Gibbs, C.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Clarence E. Gibbs, 21, killed during World War II, was accounted for Story

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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

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