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The '''Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)''' is an agency within the [[United States Department of Defense|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.
The '''Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)''' is an agency within the [[United States Department of Defense|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.
{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
|OrganizationType=Government
|Mission=To provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation; to recover and identify those still unaccounted for from America's past conflicts.
|OrganizationExecutive=Director
|Employees=600
|Budget=$136 million (FY 2023)
|Website=https://www.dpaa.mil/
|Services=Personnel Recovery; Identification; Family Support
|ParentOrganization=United States Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation=Established by the Department of Defense in 2015
|Regulations=
|HeadquartersLocation=38.8719, -77.0187
|HeadquartersAddress=155 Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1550
}}
'''Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)''' is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense dedicated to recovering and identifying missing U.S. service members from previous conflicts.


{{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.dpaa.mil/}}
{{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.dpaa.mil/}}