‘UNTIL THEY ARE HOME’ The mission of the Department of Defense’s Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, is to achieve the fullest possible
As of Jan. 21, 2009, some 1,400 Americans missing from all wars have been identified. The Central Identification Laboratory identifies, on average, about six individuals a month.
The U.S. government has not found any evidence that there are still American POWs in captivity from past U.S. conflicts.
There are 8,051 Korean War MIAs unaccounted for.
There are 124 Korean War MIAs accounted for.
JPAC has obtained Family Reference Samples (DNA) for 5,067 Korean War MIAs.
JPAC has conducted 18 missions in Korea since 2004.