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  2. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense whose mission is to recover 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.

  3. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command - Wikipedia

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    The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (often referred to as JPAC) was a joint task force within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) whose mission was to account for Americans who are listed as Prisoners of War (POW), or Missing in Action (MIA), from all past wars and conflicts. It was especially visible in conjunction with the Vietnam ...

  4. Vietnam War POW/MIA issue - Wikipedia

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    However, Defense Department officials said the man was an imposter with a history of impersonating U.S. POWs. [85] [86] The case of Baron 52, the call sign of a U.S. Air Force EC-47 carrying eight crew members that was shot down over Laos in 1973, was reopened for examination by the Air Force and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in 2016 ...

  5. Remains of Vietnam War pilot identified over 50 years after ...

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    The remains of a Vietnam War pilot were identified a half century after his plane vanished, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Wednesday in a statement. U.S. Marine Corps Capt ...

  6. Missing man table - Wikipedia

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    POW/MIA flag. A missing man table, also known as a fallen comrade table, [1] is a ceremony and memorial that is set up in military dining facilities of the United States Armed Forces and during official dining functions, in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members. [2] The table serves as the focal point of ceremonial ...

  7. Odessa pilot accounted for from Vietnam - AOL

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    Sep. 24—WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday that U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ronald W. Forrester, 25, of Odessa, killed during Vietnam was accounted for Dec ...

  8. Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office - Wikipedia

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    DPMO provided centralized management of prisoner of war/missing personnel (POW/MP) affairs within the Department of Defense. On January 30, 2015, DPMO, along with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, were merged into the new Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. DPMO thus ceased to be as a separate entity.

  9. Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines ... - AOL

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    The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced in June that Powers was accounted for on May 26, 2023, after analysis of his remains, including use of DNA.