Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Seal of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Department overview
Formed	January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	2600 Defense Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 38°52′15″N 77°03′19″W / 38.87083°N 77.05528°W / 38.87083; -77.05528
Annual budget	US$112 million (2016)
Department executives	Kelly McKeague, Director Fern Winbush, Principal Deputy Director Deputy Director for Operations
Parent department	U.S. Department of Defense
Website	dpaa.mil

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.