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DPAA In The News

News 2 | Aug. 16, 2024

Families of Service Members Gone Missing in Action Get Answers at Annual Briefing

By By C. Todd Lopez, DOD News

More than 400 family members, with relatives who served in the Korean War or the Cold War who never came home, are attending personalized briefings today and tomorrow in Arlington, Virginia, to get updates on how the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is progressing on their cases.

"We do this each year because this is part of DPAA's mission, which is to connect and communicate with families of the missing," said Kelly McKeague, director of the DPAA, during a press event Wednesday. "It's a chance for us to provide them updates on their loved one's case, particularly in the backdrop of the Korean War and the Cold War."

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