DOD DIRECTIVE 2310.07
P
AST CONFLICT PERSONNEL ACCOUNTING POLICY
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Effective: April 12, 2017
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the DoD Issuances Website at
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Directive 2310.07E, “Personnel Accounting - Losses Due to Hostile
Acts,” November 10, 2003, as amended
Approved by: Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Purpose: This issuance establishes policy and assigns responsibilities to:
• Establish the DoD Past Conflict Personnel Accounting Program pursuant to Sections 1501 through
1513 of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.).
• Establish the manner in which the U.S. Government (USG) accounts for DoD personnel and other
personnel designated by the Secretary of Defense from World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War,
the Indochina War (also known as the “Vietnam War”), the Persian Gulf War, the Iraq Campaign, and
other conflicts designated by the Secretary of Defense (referred to collectively in this issuance as “past
conflicts and other designated conflicts”), pursuant to Title 10, U.S.C., DoD Directive (DoDD) 5100.01,
and DoDD 5111.1.
• Account for DoD personnel and other covered personnel who were determined to be missing in
accordance with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1300.18, or other contemporary Service regulation, from past
conflicts and other designated conflicts, after hostilities or military operations ceased and who are now
unaccounted for.
