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Mary McClung (left), meets with Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) historian, Bill Woodier, and Marine Corps Service Casualty Officer Hatti Johnson, during the Korean/Cold War annual briefings Aug. 13-14, 2015, in Washington, D.C. McClung spoke with officials regarding her father, Marine Corps Master Sgt. William J. McClung III, who was also a World War II veteran. Government officials from DPAA met with more than 300 family members of servicemen who went missing during past conflicts. Representatives from the U.S. government’s personnel accounting community provided one-on-one case-specific, detailed information to family members and briefed them on the government’s efforts to account for their loved ones, including briefings on government policy, remains recovery operations and methods of identifying remains.

Aug. 21, 2015

Korean and Cold Wars Families Seek Answers

Government officials from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) met with more than 300 family members of servicemen who went missing during past conflicts at the Korean/Cold War annual

Director Michael Linnington addresses Southeast Asia Annual Meeting attendees.

June 26, 2015

Vietnam War Families Seek Answers

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

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