April 28, 2025

Mentorship Shapes First Field Mission for DPAA Forensic Anthropologist

QUẢNG TRỊ, Vietnam — After spending years in laboratories and archaeological digs across the globe — from a post-classic Mayan town in Belize to colonial cemeteries in Mississippi, this year marked a new kind of fieldwork for a seasoned scientist: her first full recovery mission with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. After joining DPAA in late 2024, forensic anthropologist Dr. Larkin F. Kennedy was quickly deployed to Quảng Trị province, Vietnam, for 2 months in the beginning of 2025 with a small team of service members and civilians. They worked as one of five recovery teams sent out with the second mission to Vietnam in fiscal year 2025, in hopes of finding remains of U.S. personnel from the Vietnam War.

April 19, 2025

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Conducts Repatriation Ceremony in Vietnam

VIETNAM — Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons, and U.S. Ambassador Marc Knapper, took part in a repatriation ceremony in Vietnam, April 19, 2025.

April 14, 2025

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Hosted Latest Family Member Update in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted its latest Family Member Update on April 12, in New Orleans.

April 14, 2025

Rosette Ceremony for AF Col. William E. Campbell

HONOLULU — Cathy Campbell places a rosette next to her father’s name, U.S. Air Force Col. William E. Campbell, during a rosette laying ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, April

April 11, 2025

DPAA Hosts International Visitor Leadership Program Tour

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Visitors with the French portion of the International Visitor Leadership Program, World War II section, received a tour of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency facilities here, April 10, 2025. The tour provided an in-depth look into DPAA's mission, the process of recovery and identification, and the agency’s commitment to accounting for missing personnel, culminating in a visit to the world’s largest skeletal laboratory.