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Recovery Operations Happening In Manila
Dr. Alec Christensen, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) scientific recovery expert, looks through an open casket for osseous material at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) processing center in Manila, Philippines, Dec. 6, 2023.
There are approximately 3,100 unknown personnel laid to rest within the MACM. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) members continuously work together to disinter these personnel and identify the remains at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka
Medal of Honor recipient laid to rest
Sailors from the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard conduct a funeral for U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class James R. Ward at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C., Dec. 21, 2023.
Seaman Ward was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft in 1941.
Ward was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously and after being accounted for, was returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashleigh Maxwell)
DPAA FY23 Year In Review
We are pleased to present our FY23 Year In Review, a labor of love which showcases and highlights the agencies efforts throughout the last year.
"From October 2022 to September 2023, DPAA launched several expeditions to locate and recover missing service members in over 30 countries around the world. These efforts uncovered multiple burial sites, aircraft crash sites and unmarked graves. This work combined with the latest scientific techniques allowed for the agency to account for 158 missing personnel during the fiscal year."
Please follow the link below to our Year In Review page. There you can download your own digital copy for your reading pleasure.
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American Legion leadership visits service members in Vietnam
Members with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and The American Legion pose for a group photo after their visit, in The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nov. 28, 2023.
There are currently 1,577 missing personnel from the Vietnam War.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen Holland
Recovery Operations underway in Laos
Dr. Janet Finlayson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Scientific Recovery Expert (SRE), scrapes a layer of soil off the inside of a unit during a recovery mission in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nov. 10, 2023. After determining the site perimeter, Finlayson established a grid system, sectioning the site with stakes and string before beginning excavation unit by unit.
There are currently 1,578 missing service members from the Vietnam War.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)
Recovery Missions Ongoing
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kirtney Lim, with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River, left, and U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Blake Douglass, an expeditionary communication specialist, with Osan Air Base, right, move excavated soil during a recovery mission in The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nov. 12, 2023.
There are currently 1,578 missing personnel from the Vietnam War.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen Holland)
Recovery Operations Happening In Manila
Medal of Honor recipient laid to rest
DPAA FY23 Year In Review
American Legion leadership visits service members in Vietnam
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Fallen hero identified, returned home
Fallen World War II hero and Little Rock son 2nd Lt. Kenyon Brindley is home nearly 80 years after
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Navy Medal of Honor Recipient from Pearl Harbor Is Honored with Arlington Funeral
As the bugle fell silent on the fields of Arlington National Cemetery on a gray December Thursday, a
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US historians ID a New Mexico soldier killed during WWII, but work remains on thousands of cases
After years of combing through military records and making some key deductions, a team of U.S.
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80 years after his death at Pearl Harbor, a sailor’s remains are returned home
Every December, Deb Conti’s grandmother would pull out the wrinkled letter and faded photograph she
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Missing WWII Airman Officially Accounted for Nearly 80 Years After Plane Shot Down
A missing United States airman is finally accounted for nearly 80 years after his death during World
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Soldier Accounted for from Korean War (Barrow, R.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roy E. Barrow, 39 of Valdosta, Georgia, killed during the Korean War,
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Pilot Accounted for from WWII (Willhite, T.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Major Theodore Willhite, 26, of Muscatine, Iowa, killed during World War
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Airman Accounted for from WWII (March, H.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Technician 4th Grade (TECH4) Herbert F. March, 24, of Cook, Washington,
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Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Hurst, R.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Robert L. A. Hurst, 21, of Wabasso, Florida, who was captured and died as a
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Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Mitchell, H.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Homer J. Mitchell, 20, of Portales, New Mexico, killed during World War II, was
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