Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Korean/Cold War Annual Government Briefings

The DPAA Korean/Cold War Annual Government Briefings will be held in Arlington, Virginia, Aug.7-8, 2025. Get the official word and updates directly from DPAA on our website and social media channels.

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Keeping the flame of hope burning; WWII lighter reunited with MIA Family

95-year-old Virginia Zoller holds a lighter that belonged to her brother Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Musashe. Musashe went missing after the aircraft he was on was shot down near the island of Falster after a bombing raid in April 1944. The lighter was recently reunited with the family after 81 years. One of Musashe’s last acts was to shoot down a twin-engine German Messerschmitt 210 aircraft that was attacking the B-17 Flying Fortress where he was the tail gunner. (Courtesy Photo)

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DPAA Met with Gold Star Families in Omaha, Nebraska for Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing

Families of unaccounted for American service members from the Vietnam War attend the Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing, Omaha, Nebraska, June 26, 2025. DPAA’s Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing included presentations of the U.S Government's efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting of missing Americans from the Vietnam War. The program facilitated communication and collaboration among families, U.S. Government officials, non-government organizations, veterans, and third-party researchers to inform and support efforts in locating missing loved ones. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashleigh Maxwell)

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From Sea to Summit: A Summer Cruise in South Korea

Midshipman 2nd Class Jordan Trantham, a student at the U.S. Naval Academy, uses a pin pointer to search for a metal hit that could be potential material evidence of unaccounted-for U.S. personnel in South Korea, May 28, 2025. As part of their summer training, two Midshipmen from the Naval Academy assisted on a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. The experience offers a unique opportunity for future Navy officers to gain hands-on insight into joint-service operations, and the vital role DPAA plays in accounting for personnel from previous conflicts. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keion Jackson)

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Sergeant Major Returns to DPAA as Senior Enlisted Advisor

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Lauren Flores, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency senior enlisted advisor, poses for a photo in her office at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on June 6, 2025. Flores is the first woman to hold the position since the establishment of the modern-day accounting mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dallin Wrye)

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Space Force Guardian Escorts WWII Airman Uncle Home After 80 Years

2nd Lt. Katherine Hendl delivers remarks during the interment ceremony of her great-great-uncle, Staff Sgt. Loring E. Lord, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, June 7, 2025. Her family chose to highlight the 82,000+ Americans still listed as missing in action. (Courtesy photo)

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Marine's Vietnam Mission Rekindles Family Legacy

“No man left behind” is more than just a phrase for Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Kenneth FuQua. It represents a profound commitment: to uphold the nation's promise to provide the fullest possible accounting for U.S. missing personnel to their families and the nation.

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Korean/Cold War Annual Government Briefings

Keeping the flame of hope burning; WWII lighter reunited with MIA Family

DPAA Met with Gold Star Families in Omaha, Nebraska for Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing

From Sea to Summit: A Summer Cruise in South Korea

Sergeant Major Returns to DPAA as Senior Enlisted Advisor

Space Force Guardian Escorts WWII Airman Uncle Home After 80 Years

Marine's Vietnam Mission Rekindles Family Legacy

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Marine Accounted For From World War II (Norcross, E.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Edgar R. Norcross, 18, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June Story

Airman Accounted For From World War II (Owen, W.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Woody T. Owen, 25, killed during World War II, was accounted for June Story

U.S. Navy Capt. Meghan Bodnar Assumes the position of Deputy Director for Operations U.S. Navy Capt. Meghan Bodnar brings decades of naval leadership and nuclear operations expertise to her new role as deputy director for operations at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Story

Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Langevin, A.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Alfred T. Langevin, 29, killed during World War II, was accounted for July 30, 2025.In Story

Airman Accounted For From World War II (Secunda, G.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Gustave Secunda, 30, killed during World War II, was accounted for Story

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Agency Provides Updates to Families of Missing in Action Personnel During Annual Briefing More than 400 family members of service members who never returned home from the Korean War or who were lost during the Cold War met with representatives from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency during the agency's annual update to families of missing personnel. Story

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

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