Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Conducts First Ever Repatriation Ceremony at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Hernandez, Defense POW/MA Accounting Agency team sergeant, sorts an Unknown's remains during a DPAA disinterment operation at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines in preparation to repatriate them to the Daniel K. Inouye DPAA Center of Excellence, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for analysis and potential identification, March 4, 2026. There are currently 71,783 U.S. personnel unaccounted for from World War II with approximately 10,000 missing in the Philippines, the largest total for any single country. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Lt. Col. George Tobias)