Mrs. Fern Sumpter-Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) principal deputy director, Mr. Johnie Webb, DPAA Deputy Director of Outreach and Communications Directorate, Mr. Ray Kapaun, nephew to Medal of Honor Recipient Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Joseph Kapaun, and Army Sgt. Maj. Ronald Gardner, DPAA senior enlisted advisor, represent DPAA along with Army Capt. David Kim, DPAA team member, as he lays the DPAA wreath during the National Memorial Cemetery Ceremony of the Pacific, Honolulu, Sept. 16, 2022. The event is held every year on the third Friday of September, honor


Mrs. Fern Sumpter-Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) principal deputy director, Mr. Johnie Webb, DPAA Deputy Director of Outreach and Communications Directorate, Mr. Ray Kapaun, nephew to Medal of Honor Recipient Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Joseph Kapaun, and Army Sgt. Maj. Ronald Gardner, DPAA senior enlisted advisor, represent DPAA along with Army Capt. David Kim, DPAA team member, as he lays the DPAA wreath during the National Memorial Cemetery Ceremony of the Pacific, Honolulu, Sept. 16, 2022. The event is held every year on the third Friday of September, honoring prisoners of war and missing-in-action service members. DPAA’s mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for personnel to their families and our nation.


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