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From June 24-27, more than 200 family members of U.S. servicemen and civilians missing from the Vietnam War traveled to Washington D.C. from around the country for the 46th Annual Meeting of the

Michael S. Linnington, director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) addresses the DPAA team in Arlington, Va.

June 24, 2015

Director Michael Linnington Meets with Agency Team

Today Michael Linnington, the newly appointed director for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, met with the D.C. based staff to discuss his philosophy and his vision for the way forward for the

June 19, 2015

Secretary of Defense announces DPAA director

Secretary of Defense announces the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) director today. Army Lt. Gen. Michael S. Linnington has been appointed to the senior executive

March 9, 2015

DoD POW/MIA Accounting Agency Meets With Families of MIAs

Until They Are Home.Keeping the Promise.These are the stirring mottos of two former government POW/MIA recovery and accounting organizations now merged into the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) historian, Pfc. Eugene E. Gilbreath, Ms. Christine Cohn, DPAA historian, and Dr. Edward Burton DPAA historian, (from left to right) pose for a photo after interviewing Gilbreath at the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Sept. 22, 2014. Gilbreath was previously assigned to the Headquarters Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II. DPAA conducts interviews with veterans of past conflicts dating back to World War II, to help locate missing Americans from past wars.

Feb. 10, 2015

DPAA interviews Operation Market Garden service members

This past year, a group of four Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) historians (Dr. Ian Spurgeon, Ms. Christine Cohn, Dr. Ed Burton and Dr. Jeff Johnson) traveled to the Netherlands to attend

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