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June 9, 2023

Inside DPAA's hunt for lost Servicemen

Washington D.C. — Over 81,000 Americans remain missing after fighting in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and more. A Department of Defense division known as the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency works to

Airmen carries for dignified transfer

April 13, 2023

DPAA holds first honorable carry ceremony at Offutt since runway reopened

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency held its first honorable carry ceremony since the runway reopened April 4, 2023, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

Mr. Johnie Webb, Operation Homecoming ceremony guest speaker, shares his experiences on working to help bring former U.S. service members home during a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of Operation Homecoming at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 28, 2023. There are approximately 1,500 U.S. service members that Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency personnel are still searching for from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)

Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hi March 30, 2023

DOD recognizes Operation Homecoming 50th anniversary, remembers those still unaccounted for

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii — A ceremony was held at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Mar. 28, 2023, recognizing the 50th anniversary of Operation Homecoming.

William Cox, U.S. Army Casualty Office senior mortuary affairs specialist, speaks with family members of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Pharis E. Weekley during an identification briefing in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 25, 2023. Weekley was a navigator assigned to the 329th Bombardment Squadron when the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which he was serving was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire on Aug. 1, 1943. The aircraft then crashed north of Bucharest, Romania and his remains were not identified following the war. Weekley was accounted for on July 12, 2022, nearly 80 years after his unit’s aircraft was attacked. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry)

ORLANDO, FLA. March 1, 2023

DPAA provides answers to family members in Orlando

Orlando, Fla. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) hosted its second Family Member Update (FMU) of the fiscal year 2023, providing families with answers on their missing family members in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 25.

DPAA Anthropologist and Intern Program Coordinator Dr. Laurel Freas discusses a day in the life at DPAA to attendees at the 75th Anniversary Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Science in Orlando, Florida Feb. 13-18. Several members of the DPAA laboratory staff attended the conference to share their knowledge and learn of the latest in anthropology research. (DPAA Photo by Ashley M. Wright)

ORLANDO, Fla. Feb. 24, 2023

DPAA Scientists attend conference to share knowledge

ORLANDO, Fla. — Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Scientific Analysis Directorate descended on the 75th Anniversary Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Science in Orlando Feb. 13-18, to share knowledge and learn more on the latest practices to aide in the Agency’s mission of providing the fullest possible accounting for missing American’s from past conflicts.

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