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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of 250 service members missing from past conflicts in fiscal 2026, surpassing its previous record.
Among the 250, 198 fought in World War II, 51 in the Korean War and one service member fought in Vietnam.
The federal agency tasked with identifying American war dead will formally request disinterment of nearly 150 unknown sailors from the USS Arizona and other ships sunk in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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'We hit a major milestone'
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DPAA has committed to exhuming the remains of dozens of sailors who were aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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DPAA has commenced a multiyear mission to account for Americans lost in the WWII sinking of a Japanese prisoner transport ship in the Philippines.
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