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William Cox, U.S. Army Casualty Office senior mortuary affairs specialist, speaks with family members of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Pharis E. Weekley during an identification briefing in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 25, 2023. Weekley was a navigator assigned to the 329th Bombardment Squadron when the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which he was serving was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire on Aug. 1, 1943. The aircraft then crashed north of Bucharest, Romania and his remains were not identified following the war. Weekley was accounted for on July 12, 2022, nearly 80 years after his unit’s aircraft was attacked. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry)

ORLANDO, FLA. March 1, 2023

DPAA provides answers to family members in Orlando

Orlando, Fla. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) hosted its second Family Member Update (FMU) of the fiscal year 2023, providing families with answers on their missing family members in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 25.

DPAA Anthropologist and Intern Program Coordinator Dr. Laurel Freas discusses a day in the life at DPAA to attendees at the 75th Anniversary Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Science in Orlando, Florida Feb. 13-18. Several members of the DPAA laboratory staff attended the conference to share their knowledge and learn of the latest in anthropology research. (DPAA Photo by Ashley M. Wright)

ORLANDO, Fla. Feb. 24, 2023

DPAA Scientists attend conference to share knowledge

ORLANDO, Fla. — Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Scientific Analysis Directorate descended on the 75th Anniversary Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Science in Orlando Feb. 13-18, to share knowledge and learn more on the latest practices to aide in the Agency’s mission of providing the fullest possible accounting for missing American’s from past conflicts.

U.S. and Republic of Korea military and government officials conduct a repatriation ceremony at the Ministry of National Defense Agency for Killed in Action Recovery Identification (MAKRI) Headquarters in Seoul, Feb. 23, 2023. Accepting the remains on behalf of the U.S., was Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director, Mr. Kelly McKeague. The remains will be transported to the DPAA laboratory for further scientific analysis. There are currently more than 7,500 unaccounted for American service members from the Korean War. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Idleburg)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA Feb. 22, 2023

South Korea transfers remains to U.S. for Identification

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — The Ministry of National Defense Agency for Killed in Action Recovery Identification (MAKRI) conducted a repatriation ceremony to transfer remains to the United Nations Command for analysis in the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) laboratory, February 22, 2023 in South Korea.

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)

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