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American and Vietnamese officials stand for a group picture during the 171st Repatriation Ceremony at the Gia Lam Airfield, Hanoi, Vietnam, on Dec. 13, 2025.

Dec. 13, 2025

United States Holds 171st Repatriation Ceremony in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency received possible remains of a U.S. service member from the Vietnam War presented by the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) during a repatriation Ceremony at the Gia Lam Airfield, Dec. 13, 2025. At the ceremony, the 171st repatriation ceremony held by the two countries, VNOSMP representatives handed over remains to the DPAA thought to be associated with a U.S. Air Force F-105 crash site in Yen Bai Province.

Kevin Dalton, Archaeologist and Terrestrial Development Lead with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine in support of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, left, and Bryan Harrell, a member of SEARCH, a DPAA partner organization, discuss the Duck Pond mission during DPAA’s fourth annual Partnership Symposium at Cranfield University, Sept. 24, 2025.

Dec. 4, 2025

DPAA hosts Partnership Symposium to enhance accounting efforts

CRANFIELD, England — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted its fourth annual Partnership Symposium at Cranfield University from Sept. 24 – 25, 2025. The event advanced international collaboration in the effort to account for U.S. personnel still missing from past conflicts.

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