DoDD 5110.10, January 13, 2017
DOD DIRECTIVE 5110.10
D
EFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY (DPAA)
Originating Component: Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer
Effective: January 13, 2017
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available from the DoD Issuances Website at
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Incorporates and Cancels: DoD Directive 5110.10, “Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel
Office (DPMO),” September 21, 2005
Secretary of Defense Memorandum, “Naming and Establishing the
Agency Responsible for Past Conflict Personnel Accounting,” January 29,
2015
Approved by: Ash Carter, Secretary of Defense
Purpose: This issuance:
• Establishes the mission, organization and management, responsibilities and functions, relationships,
and authorities of the DPAA.
• Designates the DPAA as a Defense Agency under the authority, direction, and control of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)), and consolidates the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing
Personnel Office, which was a DoD Field Activity; the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action
Accounting Command; and select functions of the Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory.
• Implements Sections 1501-1513 of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.), which require the
Secretary of Defense to designate a single organization within the Department for DoD matters relating
to the system for accounting for missing persons.
