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July 28, 2016

Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For (Dunn)

Army Cpl. Larry M. Dunn, killed in the Korean War, has now been accounted for.On Dec. 1, 1950, Dunn was a member of Company B, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, when his unit was

July 28, 2016

Airman Missing from World War II Accounted For (Rothman)

Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Marvin B. Rothman, killed during World War II, has now been accounted for. On April 11, 1944, Rothman was a member of the 311th Fighter Squadron, 58th Fighter Group, and was

Family and friends of a World War II prisoner of war visit the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) for a tour of the facility, June 30. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

July 28, 2016

Family is family

HAWAII — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency strives to provide families of missing U.S. service members as much support as possible in their journey to returning their loved ones back to the United States.

ATTAPEU PROVINCE, Laos – U.S. Army Maj. Tammie Kerns, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) physician, meets with local doctors of Attapeu Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, January 18, 2016, to better understand the available medical capabilities in the area during a routine DPAA mission. Members of DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of two pilots unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

July 27, 2016

Building relationships in Laos through medicine

ATTAPEU PROVINCE, Laos — “Medicine is a great element of diplomatic power,” said U.S. Army Maj. Tamie Kerns, staff oncologist from the Tripler Army Medical Center Hematology Oncology Clinic. This statement comes after weeks

VIETNAM – Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) work side-by-side at screening stations with local villagers, November 18, 2015, in the Vietnamese National Forest, in search of missing service members from the Vietnam War. DPAA’s mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

July 27, 2016

Success in the hearts of DPAA

VIETNAM — Seven members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and six individual augmentees came together in Vietnam to accomplish a single mission: to bring a missing man home, Nov. 2015. Every day

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