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Dec. 27, 2022

‘It’s Just Unbelievable’ Says Family of WWII Airman Identified Nearly 80 Years After His Death

Growing up, Michael Joseph Uchrin didn’t know much about the uncles he was named after — Sgt. Michael Uhrin and Cpl. Joseph Uhrin.He knew Joseph was killed in January 1943 while on maneuvers with the

U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) participate in a disinterment ceremony held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 10, 2020. The ceremony was DPAA’s eighth disinterment of the fiscal year, continuing the mission to identify the remains of unknown service members lost during the Korean War. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting of missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Leah Ferrante)

Dec. 21, 2022

Reshaping Forensics

BRISBANE, AU — “After that, I spent five years working with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s Central Identification Laboratory (now called the USA Defense Prisoner of War (POW) / Missing in Action (MIA)

On Sept 16. 2021 Lithuanian officials conducted a honorable carry of remains ceremony. Several sets of WWII-era remains exhumed in Lithuania were prepared to be escorted back home to their final resting place in the United States. The airmen served on different B-17 bomber crews who were shot down in early 1944 and perished in a German POW camp in Lithuania. Ambassador Gilchrist was honored to attend the ceremony, alongside Vice Minister of National Defense Margiris Abukevičius, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, members of the U.S. and Lithuanian Armed Forces, representatives from the U.S. Embassy, and others who honored the airmen's service and sacrifice. (U.S. Embassy Photos)

ARLINGTON, VA Dec. 1, 2022

Agency accounts for last WWII POWs from Lithuania

ARLINGTON, VA — As 2022 comes to a close, three families are ending the year knowing that after decades of waiting a loved one has been brought home and laid to rest. A promise fulfilled.The three Airmen were German

Dr. Traci Van Deest, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Scientific Recovery Expert, gives a brief of the recovery and identification process of identifying unaccounted for personnel during a Family Member Update (FMU) in Norfolk, Virginia, Nov. 19, 2022. FMU’s give family members of MIA personnel the opportunity to speak with government officials face-to-face about their specific cases. These events include formal presentations, question and answer sessions, and one-one-one discussions designed to keep family members informed of DPAA’s mission to account for those still missing while addressing their individual needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ariel Owings)

NORFOLK, VA Nov. 29, 2022

DPAA hosts first FY 2023 FMU in Norfolk, VA

NORFOLK, VA — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) hosted the first Family Member Update (FMU) of the fiscal year 2023, providing more than 150 family members with updates in Norfolk, Virginia, Nov. 19.

Nov. 22, 2022

Searchers find five World War II-era US bombers in waters off Croatia

Searchers have located the wrecks of five B-24 bombers that crashed into the Adriatic Sea during World War II, three of which are associated with 23 still-missing crew members.The search mission –

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