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DPAA Hosts Repatriation Ceremony on Guadalcanal
U.S. and Solomon Islands personnel participate in a repatriation ceremony on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug. 23, 2024.
During the ceremony, DPAA team members and members of the Solomon Islands government transferred possible osseous material to DPAA for potential laboratory identification on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
There are approximately 72,000 U.S. personnel unaccounted for from WWII. Of those, 374 are unaccounted for from Guadalcanal.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ariel Owings
US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns Visits DPAA in Hawaii
Chris Phelps, DPAA Indo-Pacific Director, hosted US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns at our facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Aug. 21 for a lab tour and a roundtable discussion with agency leadership and subject matter experts.
DPAA and Republic of Korea sign Memorandum of Understanding
Kim Min Jae, Deputy Minister of Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea (left), His Excellency Lee Sang Min, Minister of Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea (center) and Kelly McKeague, DPAA's director, present a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at DPAA's facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, August 7, 2024.
The MOU is an agreement to promote mutual interests in identifying the remains of missing personnel from past conflicts through cooperation in the fields of research, investigation, excavation, and forensic science on the basis of the principles of equality and mutual benefit.
U.S. Army Photo by Anthony Todd
Recovery Operations Continue in Vietnam
U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 2nd Class Hung Ho, a short term individual augmentee and the recovery team's linguist, speaks with local workers while dry screening soil as part of a DPAA recovery mission to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Aug. 9, 2024.
DPAA routinely conducts recovery missions to Vietnam to locate the approximately 1,575 unaccounted personnel.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keion Jackson
U.S. Embassy Ambassador visits DPAA in Lao DPR
U.S. Army Capt. Brett Harris, a DPAA team leader, demonstrates operations while Khampheng Duangthonglaa, Director General of the Europe and Americas Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Heather Variava, U.S. ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, visits a recovery site Aug. 13, 2024.
During their distinguished visit, they witnessed the recovery efforts for missing U.S. service members lost during the Vietnam War.
More than 1,000 missing personnel have been identified and returned to their families for burial since the end of the conflict, but 1,575 Americans remain unaccounted.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros
2024 Korea & Cold War Annual Government Briefing
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2024 Annual Government Briefing, held here in D.C.
If you missed the live event, you can still watch the recordings watch via the links below.
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DPAA Hosts Repatriation Ceremony on Guadalcanal
US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns Visits DPAA in Hawaii
DPAA and Republic of Korea sign Memorandum of Understanding
Recovery Operations Continue in Vietnam
U.S. Embassy Ambassador visits DPAA in Lao DPR
2024 Korea & Cold War Annual Government Briefing
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Family shares battle to identify and return remains of Sgt. Jack Hohlfeld
More than 80 years after the fall of the Philippines in World War II, the battle to bring home one
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Families of Service Members Gone Missing in Action Get Answers at Annual Briefing
More than 400 family members, with relatives who served in the Korean War or the Cold War who never
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Inside the recovery of MIA Americans from a secret jungle base.
Katie Rubin was on a rugged cliffside in a remote Laos jungle when she spotted the human bones. “I
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US officials identify Buffalo Soldier killed in World War II
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is working to identify dozens of Black soldiers killed
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More than 80 years after he went missing in Romania, an American WWII airman has been honored.
A World War II airman who died in 1943 after his aircraft went down over Romania was recently
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Soldier Accounted for from Korean War (Barrett, A.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Arlie P. Barrett, 19, of Bluff City, Tennessee, killed during the
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PI Directorate hits major milestones in efforts to account for missing personnel
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s Partnership and Innovation Directorate recently hit a pair of milestones that showcase its ability to not only act as
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Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Woo, K.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Kwack K. Woo, 31, of Los Angeles, California, killed during World War II, was
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A Flower to Remember
November 25, 1950, U.S. Army Cpl. Orville Spicer, was one of the many soldiers in the Korean War who were overrun by enemy troops, forcing his unit to withdraw.
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Soldier Accounted for from Korean War (Hardman, K.)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Kester B. Hardman, 22, of Smithville, West Virginia, killed during the Korean
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