​For more information on US Government operations and efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting, visit 
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

DPAA-HOSTED FAMILY UPDATES:  DPAA-hosted Family Member Updates (FMUs) are scheduled for 2018 and no longer restricted solely to family members.  With advance arrangements, invited representatives of responsible VSOs are included, as are League and other NGO officials who are not family members.  Also, the ** notation indicates that briefings are in conjunction with the League’s upcoming 49th Annual Meeting, June 21-24, 2018, obviously NOT hosted by DPAA. 
 
   
2018 Family Update Schedule*

Date
Location
January 20
San Diego, CA

February 24
Jacksonville, FL

March 24
El Paso, TX

April 21
Rapid City, SD

May 19
Louisville, KY

June 21-24
Washington, D.C.**

August 9-10
Washington, D.C.***

September 8
​Philadelphia, PA

DNA Identification LaboratoryThe Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory provides worldwide scientific consultation, research and education services in the field of forensic DNA analysis is the only DoD Human Remains DNA testing laboratory, and is a key partner in helping identify the remains of service members from both current and past conflicts. 

Since 1992, the DoD and the military Services have been actively collecting maternal family reference specimens from family members of military personnel whose remains have not been recovered or identified from Southeast Asia, Cold War incidents, Korea and World War II. The individual military Service Casualty Offices continue to seek family members to update their databases.


​Casualty Offices

U.S. Army Casualty Office
1-800-892-2490
U.S. Army Human Resources Command
Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations Center (CMAOC)/Past Conflict Repatriations Branch(PCRB)
1600 Separhead Division Avenue Dept. #450
Fort Knox, KY  40122-5405

U.S. Navy Casualty Office
1-800-443-9298
US Navy Personnel Command
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Casualty Assistance Branch
N135C
5720 Integrity Dr.
Millington, TN 38055-6210

U.S. Marine Corps Casualty Office
1-800-847-1597
Headquarters, US Marine Corps
Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Personnel & Family Reference Division
3280 Russell Road
Quantico, VA 22134-5103

U.S. Air Force Casualty Office
1-800-531-5501
USAF Missing Persons Branch
HQ, USAFPC
550 C Street West, Suite 15
Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4716

Mortuary Services
1-800-531-5803
Director, Mortuary Affairs
HAF AFMAO/PM
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center (AFMAO)
116 Purple Heart Drive, Dover AFB, DE 19902