Aug. 21, 2025

Educational Partnership Agreement between the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the University of Hawaii

HAWAII — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the University of Hawaii signed an Education Partnership Agreement on Aug. 19, 2025, establishing a collaboration that advances DPAA’s critical mission of identifying missing U.S. personnel while expanding educational and research opportunities for students and faculty.

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.

Aug. 12, 2025

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.