Dec. 6, 2019

Update on Pearl Harbor Identifications

WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Dec. 6 it has identified 250 unaccounted-for service members from the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.The identifications have come from

Oct. 4, 2019

Partnerships Critical to Mission Success

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, bolstered by the strengthening and expansion of partnerships, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) accounted for 218 formerly missing persons from past conflicts, the

May 23, 2019

May 9th, 2019 DPAA Families/VSO/MSO Quarterly Call and Update Notes

Please see the below notes from the May 9, 2019, DPAA Quarterly Call.We hope you will find this information helpful in keeping apprised of our efforts to account for our missing.DPAA Families/VSO/MSO

March 8, 2019

DPAA Makes 200th Identification from USS Oklahoma Unknown Remains

Arlington, Virginia — A series of large posters hang in the conference room of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory located at Offutt Air Base, Nebraska. The heading on each of the posters states “USS

March 5, 2019

USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Tumlinson, V.)

WASHINGTON — Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Victor P. Tumlinson, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 8, 2019.On Dec. 7, 1941, Tumlinson was assigned to the USS