Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

2024 Vietnam War AGB

Thank you to all the staff, partners, and servicemembers who joined us last week for our Annual Briefing. We sincerely appreciate everyone who traveled here to be with us, to provide our family members with the most up-to-date information about their missing loved ones.

To our POW/MIA family members - we cannot thank you enough for your dedication and patience, and for joining us again this year in the nation's capitol.

2024 Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing

Join us Thursday and Friday for our 2024 Vietnam War AGB. We will be streaming live from the Mayflower hotel in the hear of Washington D.C., starting at 9am Eastern Standard Time.

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2024 POW/MIA Recognition Day Poster

Friends and family, our 2024 poster has arrived! Thank you to all who joined us for the unveiling in the Pentagon and on the livestream.

Orders are now open, please follow the link below.

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The Mission Continues in Vietnam

A local worker poses for a photo while eating lunch during a DPAA recovery operation in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, June 2, 2024.

DPAA investigative and recovery teams work closely with local workers to efficiently and effectively excavate sites in hopes of finding answers regarding the location of missing personnel.

There are approximately 1,576 personnel still unaccounted-for in Vietnam.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Todd

Missing and Not Forgotten: Fulfilling Our Nation’s Promise

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new podcast, dedicated to the ongoing efforts to search for, recover, and identify Americans missing from the Nation's past conflicts.

Listeners are invited to join the conversation by tuning in on the first Monday of each month, as we talk about talk about the innovative approaches used in working our mission.

Episodes can be found on various platforms by following the links below:

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YouTube
Spotify
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DPAA ES leadership visits France recovery team

From left, U.S. Air Force Capt. Brian Foxworth, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team leader, sifts through soil with U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sean Ontiveros, DPAA Expeditionary Support (ES) director, and U.S. Army Master Sgt. Benjamin Sievert, DPAA ES noncommissioned officer in charge, during a tour of a recovery mission site in France, May 19, 2024.

Ontiveros and Sievert received first-hand experience in conducting recovery operations in Europe.

There are approximately 1,438 missing personnel in France from World War II.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka

2024 Vietnam War AGB

2024 Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing

2024 POW/MIA Recognition Day Poster

The Mission Continues in Vietnam

Missing and Not Forgotten: Fulfilling Our Nation’s Promise

DPAA ES leadership visits France recovery team

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