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A joint service team drapes an American flag over a casket during a repatriation ceremony at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Nov. 5, 2015. The 15-member team comprised of members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency as well service members from United States Army Pacific and Pacific Air Force was sent from Hawaii to honor the remains of a fallen service member who paid the ultimate sacrifice when his plane went down over Malaysia in 1945. The ceremony signifies the transfer of the remains from Malaysia back to the U.S. where the service member can be returned home. The ceremony marks the first of its kind between the two countries. The mission of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian J. Valencia)

Nov. 5, 2015

U.S. and Malaysia Partnership Brings Fallen Hero Home

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has one end goal; to find our fallen service members, bring them home and provide answers to their families. On Nov. 5, at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, a

Personnel assigned to and working with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Command conduct recovery operations as part of a DPAA mission in Rimini, Italy, Aug. 18, 2015. DPAA's mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Vladimir Potapenko/Released)

Oct. 29, 2015

A Rewarding Partnership

In Italy, a group of volunteers driven by pride for their homeland and the history that rests there travel the country in search of warplane crashes and other potential missing in action (MIA)

NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY 2015

Sept. 18, 2015

Presidential Proclamation -- National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2015

America has long stood tall as a beacon of freedom thanks to the women and men of our Armed Forces who safeguard our country and our ideals with courage, honor, and selflessness. While our heroes and their families continue to give of themselves for us all, we must recognize the unthinkable pain that remains with the loved ones of those who have not returned home.

Mary McClung (left), meets with Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) historian, Bill Woodier, and Marine Corps Service Casualty Officer Hatti Johnson, during the Korean/Cold War annual briefings Aug. 13-14, 2015, in Washington, D.C. McClung spoke with officials regarding her father, Marine Corps Master Sgt. William J. McClung III, who was also a World War II veteran. Government officials from DPAA met with more than 300 family members of servicemen who went missing during past conflicts. Representatives from the U.S. government’s personnel accounting community provided one-on-one case-specific, detailed information to family members and briefed them on the government’s efforts to account for their loved ones, including briefings on government policy, remains recovery operations and methods of identifying remains.

Aug. 21, 2015

Korean and Cold Wars Families Seek Answers

Government officials from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) met with more than 300 family members of servicemen who went missing during past conflicts at the Korean/Cold War annual

Director Michael Linnington addresses Southeast Asia Annual Meeting attendees.

June 26, 2015

Vietnam War Families Seek Answers

From June 24-27, more than 200 family members of U.S. servicemen and civilians missing from the Vietnam War traveled to Washington D.C. from around the country for the 46th Annual Meeting of the

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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency PAO
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