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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.

Judi Boyer-Bouchard places a rose on her brother, returned Sgt. 1st Class Alan Boyer’s casket during his funeral service held at the Arlington National Cemetery, June 22, 2016. Boyer was buried with full military honors, and will forever be laid to rest surrounded by his brother and sisters in arms in the Arlington National Cemetery, including his best friend U.S. Army 1st Lt. Loren Hagen who is buried a few plots away from Boyer’s final resting place. “I extend my heartfelt thanks for your prayers and support for Alan and my family for so many years. Special thanks to those dedicated and committed to pursuing the fullest possible accounting for Americans still missing from the Vietnam War.” Boyer-Bouchard.

June 27, 2016

Returning an American Hero Home

Washington, D.C. — 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.

U.S. Army Maj. John Lee (left), Detachment 1 deputy commander and Capt. Philip Cooper, a team leader with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), excavate and screen dirt in hopes of finding possible evidence during a DPAA investigation mission in Chin State, Myanmar, May 15, 2016. Cooper and eight DPAA team members deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of seven U.S. Army Air Forces personnel unaccounted-for from World War II. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

June 9, 2016

Paving the way for future recovery operations in Myanmar

MYANMAR — A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) investigation team conducted witness interviews and crash site surveys at several different villages and locations throughout Chin State, a mountainous

Mr. Michael Linnington, left, director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, salutes alongside General-Major Aleksandr V. Kirilin, Assistant to the Russian Deputy Minister of Defense, General-Colonel Valeriy A. Vostrotin, Chairman of the Russian Union of the Public Associations of the Airborne Troops Veterans, and Admiral Vladimir P. Komoedov, Chief of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee, following a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, May 23. The men, along with other delegates of the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs met May 23 and May 24 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss U.S.-Russia cooperation on the humanitarian mission of personnel accounting.

May 26, 2016

20th Plenary Session of the U.S. – Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs Concludes

Arlington, VA — U.S. and Russian delegates completed the 20th Jubilee Plenum of the United States – Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs (USRJC) May 24, in Arlington, Virginia, where they discussed U.S.-Russia

Pallbearers hold the caskets of the fallen Soldiers during a repatriation ceremony on the Knight Field, in Seoul, South Korea, April 28. The ceremony was conducted to return remains of United Nations Command and Korean Soldiers who died on the field of battle during the Korean War.

May 16, 2016

South Korea Repatriation

SEOUL, South Korea — A repatriation ceremony was held on Knight Field, in Seoul, South Korea, April 28, to return the remains of United Nations Command and Korean soldiers who died on the field of battle during the Korean

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