Photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 02.22.2025
Dr. Timothy McMaron, director of the DOD DNA operations, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, provides families with information regarding his role in the identification process during a family member update in Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2025. This was the largest family member update in the history of the DPAA, with 380 family members attending, 276 of which were first timers. (U.S.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 02.22.2025
Claire Thomas shares the story of her relative, Staff Sgt. Vincent Paolino, while holding a photograph of him with his squadron from World War 2 at a family member update in Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2025. The photograph shows the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group in front of their bomber named “The Floose.” (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 02.22.2025
Nicole Rhoton, historian for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, provides a family information about their specific case during a family member update in Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2025. During these break out sessions, families are given detailed information about current investigation and recovery efforts regarding their missing service member. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 02.22.2025
Carolyn Perlstein shares the story of her relative, Tech. 4 Leonard M. Power, who has been unaccounted for since World War II, during a family member update in Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2025. This marked the largest family member update in the history of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, with 380 family members attending, 276 of which were first timers. (U.S. Army photo by Staff......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 02.22.2025
Marilyn Norris shares the story of her relative, U.S. Army Sgt. Donald Sparks, who remains unaccounted for, during a family member update in Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2025. This marked the largest family member update in the history of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, with 380 family members attending, 276 of which were first timers. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 02.22.2025
Jennifer Nasarenko, director of Outreach and Communications at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, provides opening remarks during a family member update in Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2025. This marked the largest family member update in the history of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, with 380 family members attending, 276 of which were first timers. (U.S. Army photo by Staff......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 02.22.2025
Patricia Arnett, evidence custodian for the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, takes a family reference sample from Jeffrey Simonsen during a family member update in Sacramento, California, Feb. 22, 2025. Reference samples are critical to the identification process, and relatives of MIA/POWs are encouraged to contact their service casualty office. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Boucher)...
Video by Sgt. Jose Rodriguez Guzman | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 01.09.2017
Multiple times a year, government officials meet with MIA family members. There is also the opportunity to meet one-on-one to discuss the details of each of their cases. If you're a family member of an MIA serviceman, and live within a 350-mile radius of Phoenix, AZ, please consider attending the DoD's Family Member Update on January 28, 2017, at the Phoenix Marriott Mesa. For family members......
