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ATTAPEU PROVINCE, Laos – U.S. Army Maj. Tammie Kerns, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) physician, meets with local doctors of Attapeu Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, January 18, 2016, to better understand the available medical capabilities in the area during a routine DPAA mission. Members of DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of two pilots unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

July 27, 2016

Building relationships in Laos through medicine

ATTAPEU PROVINCE, Laos — “Medicine is a great element of diplomatic power,” said U.S. Army Maj. Tamie Kerns, staff oncologist from the Tripler Army Medical Center Hematology Oncology Clinic. This statement comes after weeks

VIETNAM – Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) work side-by-side at screening stations with local villagers, November 18, 2015, in the Vietnamese National Forest, in search of missing service members from the Vietnam War. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

July 27, 2016

Success in the hearts of DPAA

VIETNAM — Seven members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and six individual augmentees came together in Vietnam to accomplish a single mission: to bring a missing man home, Nov. 2015. Every day

July 15, 2016

Soldier Missing From World War II Accounted For (Collins)

Army Cpl. Frederick G. Collins, 23, killed in World War II, has now been accounted for. On Dec. 8, 1941, Collins was a member of the 263rd Quartermaster Company, Quartermaster Corps (QMC) located at

July 14, 2016

Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For (Curtis)

Army Sgt. Harold L. Curtis, 18, killed in the Korean War, has now been accounted for. In late November, 1950, Curtis was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, on the east side

Johnie Webb, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Deputy Director of outreach and communication, consoles Pachetta Draft-Murphy, spouse of fallen Sgt. 1st Class Tommy L. Murphy during a ceremony dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of seven U.S. service members and nine Vietnamese military personnel. The ceremony took place during the National League of POW/MIA Families 47th Annual banquet held in Washington DC, June 22nd through the 25th 2016. Prior to the ceremony the families of the fallen service members traveled to the Pentagon where they witnessed the unveiling of a plaque honoring the lives lost April 7, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leah Ferrante)

June 29, 2016

Gone but Never Forgotten

June 29, 2016 — The unique mission of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency brings hope and answers to the families who are still missing loved ones from the Vietnam War era. It states in DPAA’s mission statement that they will provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

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