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Video by Sgt. Lloyd Justine Villanueva

Chain of Custody of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Marshall F. Kipina

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Oct. 15, 2018 | 5:42

A chain of custody ceremony was recently held at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 15, 2018. U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Justin Kent, cousin in law of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Marshall F. Kipina, arrives at DPAA to receive Kipina’s remains. Staff Sgt. Kipina went missing in action (MIA) in July, 1966, when his aircraft went missing during a night surveillance mission from Phu Bai Airfield over Attapu Province, Laos People’s Democratic Republic. The remains will be transported to Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, where he will be buried with full military honors. DPAA conducts global search, recovery, and laboratory operations to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Lloyd M. Villanueva)