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Aug. 12, 2025
US, Vietnam Team Returns Possible Remains of Vietnam War Missing, Supporting Identification Efforts
DA NANG PROVINCE, Vietnam — In a poignant repatriation ceremony held, July 25, 2025, in Da Nang province, a joint U.S.-Vietnamese team marked the end of a significant recovery mission aimed at supporting the identification of those still missing from the Vietnam War. Members of the 25-3VN Underwater Recovery Team, working alongside the Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons, Vietnam Detachment 2, and U.S. Embassy Hanoi carefully loaded possible remains onto caskets bound for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's laboratory in Hawaii.
DPAA and South Korea's MAKRI Forge Stronger Partnership in Recovering Missing Korean War Heroes
WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification, MAKRI, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 6, solidifying their commitment to recovering and identifying remains of service members missing from the Korean War.
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii Aug. 6, 2025
U.S. Navy Capt. Meghan Bodnar Assumes the position of Deputy Director for Operations
U.S. Navy Capt. Meghan Bodnar brings decades of naval leadership and nuclear operations expertise to her new role as deputy director for operations at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
July 14, 2025
Keeping the flame of hope burning; WWII lighter reunited with MIA Family
ARLINGTON, Virginia — To some, it is an artifact from the greatest generation’s darkest hour; to others, it is a two-ounce, two-inch piece of metal with a simple job, but to one family, it is the link to a hero who never came home. And thanks to the intervention of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency historians and the kindness of a stranger, turned friend, a Zippo lighter carried by missing Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Musashe is back with his family after 80 years. Like so many mysteries in the digital age, it all started with a Facebook post.
June 30, 2025
DPAA Met with Gold Star Families in Omaha, Nebraska for Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency held its Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 26 and 27, providing families with the latest information regarding their loved ones’ cases. This was the first time holding the meeting outside of Washington D.C.