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Local Bosnian workers use an excavator to place the cover back onto an ossuary in Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 31, 2024. Defense POWMIA Accounting Agency investigative and recovery teams collaborated closely with local workers to efficiently and effectively excavate sites and aimed to uncover information about the whereabouts of our missing personnel. There are approximately 12 missing personnel in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 72,091 personnel missing from World War II. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Miller)

June 10, 2024

DPAA Recovery Team Works to Bring Home WWII Service Member in Bosnia and Herzegovina

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA — A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team finished a joint field activity (JFA) in Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 31, 2024. They worked carefully with local officials and the U.S.

William Sivelle, POW/MIA family member and World War II veteran, poses for a photo with his wife, Leigh, during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Family Member Update (FMU) in Billings, Montana, May 18, 2024. Sivelle attended the event to receive a one-on-one briefing on his cousin, U.S. Army Air Forces Pfc. Richard J. Sivell, a World War II POW who remains unaccounted-for. FMUs include formal presentations, question-and-answer sessions, and one-on-one discussions designed to keep family members informed of DPAA’s mission to account for those still missing while addressing their individual needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)

May 28, 2024

WWII Veteran attends Family Member Update in Billings, MT

Billings, MT — Of the 81 POW/MIA family members present at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s (DPAA) Family Member Update (FMU) in Billings, Montana, none turned more heads than William Sivelle, a 98-year-old

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Raul Castillo, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) life support investigator (LSI), looks through items for aircraft parts and life support material during a recovery mission in France, April 24, 2024. Castillo and other personnel are conducting an excavation operation in an effort to find missing personnel who were lost during the D-Day operations in World War II. There are approximately 1,438 missing personnel in France from World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)

May 13, 2024

Paving The Way During Recovery Mission

France — Unit after unit, bucket after bucket, excavated soil is sifted through the screening stations. Military and civilian personnel are continuously on the lookout for items such as aircraft wreckage, life

retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Eugene Wilber, a family friend of a missing POW/MIA, listens to David Brown, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) scientific recovery expert, during a DPAA recovery operation in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 13, 2024. Wilber received a tour of the site, and he learned about recovery mission operations such as digging, screening and life support evidence review. There are approximately 1,576 missing personnel unaccounted-for in Vietnam. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Annaliss Candelaria)

May 7, 2024

What the soil leaves behind: A friend’s journey for Bernie and the fallen

Vietnam — In front of retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Eugene Wilber stood a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team, diligently digging through dirt, mud, and clay alongside local workers in

The 2024 DPAA Partner Symposium attendees gather for a group photo at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans on April 16. More than 60 partner attendees representing 30 partners and more than 25 DPAA personnel attended the 3rd annual symposium, which greatly advanced internal and external collaboration while generating new ways to improve communication and enhance partners’ contributions to increasing DPAA’s capabilities and capacity.

April 24, 2024

DPAA Brings Partners Together for 3rd Annual Symposium

NEW ORLEANS — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and 30 partner organizations met in New Orleans April 16-17 for their annual Partner Symposium in order to build relationships and exchange ideas about

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