Over 500 family members of U.S. service members missing in action during the Korean War and the Cold War gathered in Arlington, Virginia, last week to get updates on the status of their loved ones, hoping that the remains have or will be located and identified and so bring answers after more than seven decades of waiting.
Every year for the last 30 years, leaders and forensic experts from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency have been briefing families of the missing on the status of searches and identification of service members’ remains.
Each family is provided an individual case summary on the status of their missing loved one, said Kelly K. McKeague, agency director.
During these visits, family members who haven’t yet done so are asked to provide DNA samples to further help in identification. Personnel are…
