UW MIA Recovery and Identification Project: A Multidisciplinary Approach to DPAA Partner Missions

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Applying the Power of Partnerships to the Search for America's Missing in Action" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Since 2014, the University of Wisconsin Missing In Action Recovery and Identification Project (UW MIA Recovery and Identification Project) has partnered with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to help recover, identify, and repatriate the remains of missing armed services personnel. Our approach is innovative and multidisciplinary, providing students with practical, hands-on experiences with archaeological and forensic field methods, historical research, and data analysis. The UW MIA Recovery and Identification Project represents the earliest and among the most successful academic partnerships with DPAA, and our efforts have helped recover, identify, and repatriate the remains of three fallen heroes from World War II. We continue to expand and grow the project and its goals, including archival research and database management on missing personnel from Wisconsin. This presentation highlights our successes and future goals to assist the DPAA in providing the fullest possible accounting of our missing armed services personnel, to their families and our nation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Applying the Power of Partnerships to the Search for America's Missing in Action   •
• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

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Abstract Id(s): 32647