Today is U.S. POW/MIA Recognition Day

Today is U.S. POW/MIA Recognition Day, and it���s observed on the third Friday of September, on September 19 this year, to recommit to full accountability to the families of the more than 80,000 veterans captured or still missing from wars that the United States has participated in.

Since 1973, DPAA and its predecessor organizations have accounted for nearly 1,000 American service members from World War II, more than 450 from the Korean War, and more than 1,000 service members from Vietnam. Last fiscal year, DPAA accounted for 172 missing service members.

 

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