The search for those Missing in Action

Right now, there are about 82,000 total people still missing from every major conflict since World War II.

Of those, 81 are from Nevada.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is a government agency that is actively searching for all of those people.

WOMEN DATING BACK TO WORLD WARTWO ARE STILL CONSIDEREDMISSING IN ACTION.IN THIS WEEK'S VETERANS VOICE -13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER LEAHPEZZETTI SHOWS YOU HOW A TEAMOF PEOPLE UNDER THE DEPARTMENTOF DEFENSE CAME OUT HERE TOHENDERSON TO HELP LOCALFAMILIES WHO ARE STILL HOPINGTO FIND THEIR LOVED ONES.IN THIS ONE ON ONE MEETINGWE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TOFIGURE OUT AS MUCH INFORMATIONAS THESE UNKNOWNS REX LUCAS ISGETTING AN UPDATE ON A CASENEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEARTTHE SEARCH FOR HIS UNCLE.MY FATHER MY MOM UNCLE JERRYTHEN MY FATHERS SISTER ANDFATHERS BROTHER HIS UNCLE JERRYWENT MISSING IN WORLD WAR TWO -AND ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN 75 YEARS- THEY HAVEN'T STOPPED LOOKING.WE'RE ALL CURIOUS, BROTHERS ANDSISTERS ARE CURIOUS ANDCERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVEKNOWN OUR UNCLE BETTER HE -LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS - ARESTILL HOLDING ONTO HOPE -THANKS TO A GOVERNMENT AGENCYTHAT IS ACTIVELY LOOKINRREMAINS FROM EVERY MAJORCONFLICT DATING BACK TO WORLDWAR TWO - HOPING TO BRINGCLOSURE TO THE FAMILIES WHOHAVENT LOST HOPE.NOT ONLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEGRIEVING OF THEIR LOSS BUT THEGRIEVING EXACERBATED BYUNCERTAINTY THE SEARCH STARTSWITH A DNA SWAB FROM FAMILYMEMBERS OF THOSE MISSING.THIS IS SAVED TO MATCH WITH ANYREMAINS FOUND.RESEARCHERS LOCATE THE MOSTLIKELY PLACE A PERSONS REMAINSMIGHT BE - THEN (DIGGING NAT)THE PHYSICAL SEARCH BEGINS.THEY DIG IN THOSE AREAS -HOPING TO UNCOVER REMAINS.SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A TOOTH -BUT THAT CAN BE THE ONE KEY TOSOLVING THE MYSTERY.IT TAKES TIME, BUT WE'REDEALING WITH SAMPLES THAT HAVEBEEN IN THE ENVIRONMENT 70 PLUSYEARS AND FOR WHAT WE CALL NONCHEMICALLY TREATED SAMPLES, 94PERCENT OF THE TIME WE CAN GETA RESULT THE PHYSICAL DIGGINGISN'T THE ONLY WAY MIA AREIDENTIFIED.NOW ROUGHLY 8000 OF THOSERECOVERED WERE UNKNOWNSOLDIERS.THEY COULDN'T BE IDENTIFIEDWITH TECHNIQUES OF THE DAY ANDTHEY WERE FORMALLY BURIED ASUNKNOWN SOLDIERS 75 PERCENT OFTHE HEROES IDENTIFIED WEREPRIOR UNKNOWN SOLDIERS AND LASTYEAR - THE TEAM WAS ABLE TOIDENTIFY 217HEROES.WITH EVERY PERSON RECOVEREDIT'S ONE MORE FAMILY, LIKEREX'S, THAT CAN FIND CLOSURE.WE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT ISTHAT THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVEFOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND DIEDFOR OUR COUNTRY ARE NOTFORGOTTEN RIGHT NOW - THEYMIGHT BE MISSING - BUT TO THEFAMILIES AND THOSE STILLLOOKING - THEY WILL NEVER GIVEUP HOPE.ALMOST 82 THOUSAND AMERICANSSTILL REMAIN MISSING FROM ALLOF THE MAJOR CONFLICTS.ABOUT HALF OF THOSE ARECONSIDERED LOST AT SEA...BUT EVEN THOSE CAN STILL BERECOVERED.VETERAN'S VOICE IS SPONSORED BYLEXUS OF LAS VEGAS AND LEXUS OFHENDERSON.IF YOU HAVE A VETERAN WHOSHOULD BE FEATURED ON OURWEEKLY SERIES ABOUT OUR HEROES- EMAIL VETERANS VOICE AT KTNVDOT COM.THE TEAM BEHIND THE OSCARS IS