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June 12, 2025
Space Force Guardian Escorts WWII Airman Uncle Home After 80 Years
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Just days after Memorial Day, as the nation honors those who gave their lives in service, 2nd Lt. Katherine Hendl carried out a deeply personal mission: escorting the remains of her great-great-uncle, Staff Sergeant Loring E. Lord, a U.S. Army Air Forces gunner killed in action during World War II, home to Massachusetts—nearly 80 years after he was declared missing in action.
May 30, 2025
Marine's Vietnam Mission Rekindles Family Legacy
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — “No man left behind” is more than just a phrase for Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Kenneth FuQua. It represents a profound commitment: to uphold the nation's promise to provide the fullest possible accounting for U.S. missing personnel to their families and the nation.
DPAA Hosts Vietnamese Delegation, Highlights Cooperation in Accounting for Missing Personnel
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Principal Deputy Director, Fern Sumpter Winbush, hosted a Vietnamese delegation, to include the Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnam, H.E. Do Hung Viet, and Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Nguyen Quoc Dzung, representatives from Mission: POW-MIA, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Vietnam Veterans of America in Washington D.C., May 21, 2025.
May 28, 2025
Lt. Col. Travis Walter: A More Personal Connection to the DPAA Mission
HANOI, Vietnam — Serving in Vietnam in support of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel carries an additional, personal connection to the mission.
May 19, 2025
A Chance Encounter Leads to Hope
BELLEVUE, Wash. — For years, the only thing Jennifer McDaniel knew about her great uncle, Pete, was that he had gone missing during his time serving in World War II. She knew that her family, overcome by the grief from such a loss, would not allow themselves to hope.