Official U.S. Government website for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). Our mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

After careful deliberation and for statistical accounting purposes, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has established March 29, 1973, as the start date for the past conflict personnel …

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense whose mission is to recover and identify unaccounted Department of Defense personnel listed as …

The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) works to recover service members who became missing during their service.

Aug 7, 2025 · This year, the DPAA has added a new tool to its kit to help better identify the remains of service members. The single-nucleotide polymorphism assay, also called the SNP assay, has been …

DPAA Center of Excellence, where forensic examination will begin in support of DPAA’s mission to provide the fullest possible accounting of U.S. service members still missing from past conflicts. …

Feb 8, 2024 · There is no mission more honorable than recovering our POW/MIA soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines — and that’s exactly what the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) …

Mar 13, 2025 · The DPAA team is comprised of leaders, team sergeants, explosive ordinance disposal technicians, linguists and anyone who helps work with the local Vietnamese. All team members help …

These family events are designed to keep family members informed of the U.S. government's worldwide mission to account for those still missing and to discuss in detail the latest information available …

DPAA Leadership, Director, Deputy Director, Deputy Director for Operations, Senior Enlisted Advisor