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June 13, 2025
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Soldiers Celebrated Army’s 250th Birthday
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — U.S. Army personnel assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency celebrated their branch’s 250th birthday at the DPAA Daniel K. Inouye Center for Excellence in Hawaii, June 13, 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.
May 3, 2025
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Met with Gold Star Families in Bellevue
BELLEVUE, Wash. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted its latest Family Member Update on May 3, where the agency provided updates to the families on their loved one’s cases.The event saw around 250 family
An EOD technician’s passion returns him to DPAA
VIETNAM — An Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assigned as a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency short term individual augmentee, deployed with a small team of military and civilian members to A Loui, Vietnam, from March 1 to April 17, 2025, as part of a DPAA mission to recover and identify remains of missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts.