![]() Seal of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | |
Department overview | |
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Formed | January 15, 2015 |
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 |
Annual budget | US$112 million (2016) |
Department executives |
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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.