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|OrganizationName= Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
|OrganizationType= Independent Agencies
|Mission= The mission of the DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts to their families and the nation. It achieves this through investigation, recovery, and identification of remains from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and other conflicts.
|OrganizationExecutive= Director
|Employees= Approximately 650
|Budget= $130 million (fiscal year 2023 estimate)
|Website= https://www.dpaa.mil
|Services= Recovery Operations; Laboratory Analysis; Historical Research; Family and Public Outreach
|ParentOrganization= U.S. Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation= Department of Defense Directive 5105.74
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|HeadquartersAddress= 2300 Defense Pentagon, Room 2B546A, Washington, DC 20301-2300, USA
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Type: Independent Agencies
Parent organization: U.S. Department of Defense
Top organization:
Employees: Approximately 650
Executive: Director
Budget: $130 million (fiscal year 2023 estimate)
Address: 2300 Defense Pentagon, Room 2B546A, Washington, DC 20301-2300, USA
Website: https://www.dpaa.mil
Creation Legislation: Department of Defense Directive 5105.74
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Mission
The mission of the DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts to their families and the nation. It achieves this through investigation, recovery, and identification of remains from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and other conflicts.
Services

Recovery Operations; Laboratory Analysis; Historical Research; Family and Public Outreach

Regulations
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
File:Defense POW MIA seal.png
Seal of the Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency
Department Overview
Formed January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
Headquarters 2600 Defense Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Annual budget US$196 million (2024)
Department Executives Kelly McKeague, Director
Fern Sumpter Winbush, Principal Deputy Director
John Figuerres, Deputy Director for Operations
Sergeant Major Anthony Worsley, Senior Enlisted Advisor
Parent department U.S. Department of Defense
Website
dpaa.mil

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 prisoners of war (POW) or missing in action (MIA) from designated past conflicts, from countries around the world.

History

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U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Henry Ritticher, Gold Star brother to Lt. Jack C. Ritticher, places a rosette after Rittcher's name during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony [1]hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 20, 2024. The rosette signifies Rittcher's remains have been found and identified and is no longer missing in action (MIA).

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency was formed on January 15, 2015, as the result the merger of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, and parts of the United States Air Force's Life Sciences Lab.[2] Scientific laboratories are maintained at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, and Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii with their headquarters located at The Pentagon in Washington D.C. Currently, DPAA is in a cooperative agreement with The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., which provides operational support during worldwide recovery operations.[3] Following the 2023 wildfires in Maui, the agency assisted in identifying victims' remains.[4]

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