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U.S. Army Pvt. Griffin Stillwell, left, Spc. Marquice

U.S. Army Pvt. Griffin Stillwell, left, Spc. Marquice

U.S. Army Pvt. Griffin Stillwell, left, Spc. Marquice Hamilton, center, and Sgt. Luis Quinn work in tandem during excavation operations in the Tournehem Forest, France on April 29, 2017. During a Defense POW/M... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Gene Harb, center, U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Gene Harb, center, U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Gene Harb, center, U.S. Army Spc. David Lawton, left, and Pvt. Griffin Stillwell, all deployed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), excavate a test unit during a recovery ope... More

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team members remain on stand-by to receive instructions during excavation operations in the Tournehem Forest, France on May 5, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to ... More

A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery

A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery

A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team work at a wet screening station at an excavation site in Tournehem Forest, France on May 11, 2017. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible... More

150828-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 28, 2015)

150828-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 28, 2015)

150828-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 28, 2015) - U.S. Army Sergeant Alfio P. Musumeci III, a recovery NCO for Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), delivers buckets full of soil to team members at ... More

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams (right), a recovery team

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams (right), a recovery team

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams (right), a recovery team leader and Dr. Owen O'leary (left), an archeologist both assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) dig a unit during a recovery mission in Bat... More

U.S. Army Sgt. David Vega Chavez, (l-r), Sgt. John

U.S. Army Sgt. David Vega Chavez, (l-r), Sgt. John

U.S. Army Sgt. David Vega Chavez, (l-r), Sgt. John Srsich, Sgt. John Blas and Sgt. Phillip Ballough, all deployed by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), build a wet screening station at an excavation site... More

150912-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 12,

150912-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 12,

150912-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 12, 2015) - Robert Ingraham, a recovery leader with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), displays a recovered identification tag to U.S. Army Spc. Robert A. H... More

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), oversees excavation operations with the assistance of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with DPAA, i... More

Vietnamese nationals dig in a unit during a Defense

Vietnamese nationals dig in a unit during a Defense

Vietnamese nationals dig in a unit during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) operation in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 28, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of recov... More

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) documents a soil wall profile during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 24, 2020.... More

Local Filipino workers back fill a unit after a recovery

Local Filipino workers back fill a unit after a recovery

Local Filipino workers back fill a unit after a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 24, 2020. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members excavated an alleged second... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.Tara Watamaleo, a team leader

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.Tara Watamaleo, a team leader

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.Tara Watamaleo, a team leader and medical technician with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), oversees the bucket line in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 1, 2016.... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (center),

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (center),

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (center), recovery team sergeant assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, (DPAA) and other local workers shovel soil during a recovery mission in Bataan provi... More

A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team clears an excavation site of vegetation with the use of a chainsaw in the Tournehem Forest, France on April 25, 2017. DPAA recovery operation... More

Archeologist Mr. Jeremy Decker, a scientific recovery

Archeologist Mr. Jeremy Decker, a scientific recovery

Archeologist Mr. Jeremy Decker, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), measures out a unit wall for a soil profile in the Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, November 18, 2016. ... More

Vietnamese nationals carry buckets of sediment to the

Vietnamese nationals carry buckets of sediment to the

Vietnamese nationals carry buckets of sediment to the screen station during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 26, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the... More

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), gives detail of reinforcing a unit wall to U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with DPAA, in the Thua ... More

Vietnamese nationals construct a screen station during

Vietnamese nationals construct a screen station during

Vietnamese nationals construct a screen station during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 13, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hope... More

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) pose for a photo with inclement weather overhead pausing site operation due to safety concerns in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 24, 2016. DP... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Brett Lockett discards debris during

U.S. Army Pfc. Brett Lockett discards debris during

U.S. Army Pfc. Brett Lockett discards debris during recovery operations in the Tournehem Forest, France, as other Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members work at a wet screen station on April 29, ... More

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) holds a bucket during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 21, 20... More

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), utilizes total station to establish a grid system with the assistance of Roger Antrim, a life support investigato... More

Vietnamese nationals stand-by as a progress photo is

Vietnamese nationals stand-by as a progress photo is

Vietnamese nationals stand-by as a progress photo is taken of an excavation unit in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 16, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of recovering the remai... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert, interview Le Van Ngoc on the past conflict that occurred in t... More

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) removes the cover of a secondary burial box during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, ... More

150819-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 19, 2015)

150819-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 19, 2015)

150819-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 19, 2015) - U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Joshua J. Ockens, team linguist, sharpens a shovel with aid from U.S. Army Sergeant Alfio P. Musumeci III, a designated r... More

A local Filipino worker passes a bucket of soil to

A local Filipino worker passes a bucket of soil to

A local Filipino worker passes a bucket of soil to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jessica Pownell, a recovery team medic assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) during a recovery mission in Bataan p... More

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members excavate a unit during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 21, 2020. The DPAA team was in the area in search of an alle... More

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team and

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team and

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team and Vietnamese nationals prepare a site to withstand inclement weather as part of daily closing operation in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 26, 2016... More

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Vietnamese nationals participate in emergency preparedness training in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 13, 2016. DPAA deployed seven exper... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ethan Schrader, Defense

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ethan Schrader, Defense

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ethan Schrader, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, explosive ordinance disposal technician, digs for a metal anomaly in the ground during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) ... More

Local Filipino workers take a break during a recovery

Local Filipino workers take a break during a recovery

Local Filipino workers take a break during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 24, 2020. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members excavated an alleged secondary... More

U.S. Army Spc. Dimitri Barnes, left, and Spc. Marquice

U.S. Army Spc. Dimitri Barnes, left, and Spc. Marquice

U.S. Army Spc. Dimitri Barnes, left, and Spc. Marquice Hamilton, right, assist U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Duff as he excavates a test unit in the Tournehem Forest, France on April 29, 2017. The mission ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.Tara Watamaleo, a team leader

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.Tara Watamaleo, a team leader

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.Tara Watamaleo, a team leader and medical technician with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), straps in volunteer U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rebecca Kimberling, an Explosive O... More

150821-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 21, 2015)

150821-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 21, 2015)

150821-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 21, 2015) - Mr. Robert Ingraham, a forensic archeologist and recovery leader with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), uses a total station to map out the ... More

150901-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 1, 2015)

150901-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 1, 2015)

150901-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 1, 2015) - U.S. Army Capt. Gary Taylor, a team leader with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), dumps screen soil with Michael S. Linnington, the director of ... More

150902-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 2, 2015)

150902-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 2, 2015)

150902-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Sept. 2, 2015) - U.S. Army Capt. Gary Taylor, team leader with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), performs routine maintenance on screening station. The DPAA miss... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), introduces team members to Vietnamese nationals that will assist with daily operation in the Thua Thien Hue Prov... More

Witnesses James Michael Sprayberry and Orval Brownfield

Witnesses James Michael Sprayberry and Orval Brownfield

Witnesses James Michael Sprayberry and Orval Brownfield learn about the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) operation from Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert, in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vie... More

Local nationals excavate a unit during the Defense

Local nationals excavate a unit during the Defense

Local nationals excavate a unit during the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery operation in the Nghe An Province, Vietnam, November 30, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of r... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tara Watamaleo, a team leader

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tara Watamaleo, a team leader

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tara Watamaleo, a team leader and medical technician with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), explains contents of her medical kit during emergency preparedness training in ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Ferdinand Berrious, left, and Spc. Christina

U.S. Army Sgt. Ferdinand Berrious, left, and Spc. Christina

U.S. Army Sgt. Ferdinand Berrious, left, and Spc. Christina Cirilio, both deployed by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), empty screen sediment from a wheelbarrow during a hailstorm in the Tournehem Fores... More

150828-N-TQ690-002 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 28, 2015)

150828-N-TQ690-002 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 28, 2015)

150828-N-TQ690-002 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 28, 2015) - Robert Ingraham, a forensic archaeologist and recovery leader with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), observes an item found while screening ... More

A local Filipino worker screens soil during a recovery

A local Filipino worker screens soil during a recovery

A local Filipino worker screens soil during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 21, 2020. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members excavated an alleged secondar... More

Overview of an excavated area during a Defense POW/MIA

Overview of an excavated area during a Defense POW/MIA

Overview of an excavated area during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission to the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 31, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of recovering th... More

James Michael Sprayberry observes daily operations

James Michael Sprayberry observes daily operations

James Michael Sprayberry observes daily operations with Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 1, 2016. ... More

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Vietnamese nationals participate in emergency preparedness training led by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tara Watamaleo, a team leader and medical techni... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (left), a

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (left), a

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (left), a recovery team sergeant assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) passes a bucket of soil to a local worker during a recovery mission in Bataan ... More

Inclement weather pause the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Inclement weather pause the Defense POW/MIA Accounting

Inclement weather pause the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) operation due to safety concerns in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 24, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of... More

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) collects possible evidence from a secondary burial box during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Ph... More

Vietnamese nationals reinforce a unit wall for safety

Vietnamese nationals reinforce a unit wall for safety

Vietnamese nationals reinforce a unit wall for safety and to maintain unit integrity during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 31, 2016. DPAA deplo... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.Rebecca Kimberling, an Explosive

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.Rebecca Kimberling, an Explosive

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.Rebecca Kimberling, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), marks metal findings in a unit in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, ... More

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) pose for a group photo with witnesses James Michael Sprayberry and Orval Brownfield in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 1, 2016. DPAA deployed... More

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) prep sand bags for daily use during recovery operations in the Tournehem Forest, France on April 25, 2017 . Sand bags are used to protect excavated areas... More

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team holds

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team holds

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team holds a welcome brief during a mission in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 14, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of recovering t... More

U.S. Army Spc. Lonnie Postell, left, Pfc. Brett Lockett,

U.S. Army Spc. Lonnie Postell, left, Pfc. Brett Lockett,

U.S. Army Spc. Lonnie Postell, left, Pfc. Brett Lockett, center, and Sgt. Luis Quinn screen sediment during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery operation in the Tournehem Forest, France on April... More

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) removes the cover of a secondary burial box during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (center),

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (center),

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (center), recovery team sergeant assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, (DPAA) and other local workers shovel soil during a recovery mission in Bataan provi... More

Vietnamese nationals pass sandbags down the line during

Vietnamese nationals pass sandbags down the line during

Vietnamese nationals pass sandbags down the line during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 7, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hop... More

Daily screening operations continue during a Defense

Daily screening operations continue during a Defense

Daily screening operations continue during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission to the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 25, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of recover... More

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) daily

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) daily

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) daily operations continue in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 27, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of thr... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (right),

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (right),

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raymund Cruz (right), a recovery team sergeant assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and local workers tamp down the soil after a recovery mission in Bataan provi... More

James Michael Sprayberry engages Dr. Traci Van Deest,

James Michael Sprayberry engages Dr. Traci Van Deest,

James Michael Sprayberry engages Dr. Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), in conversation in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 1, 2016. DPA... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rebecca Kimberling, an Explosive

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rebecca Kimberling, an Explosive

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rebecca Kimberling, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), points out metal findings to Dr. Traci Van Deest, a Scientific Recovery... More

150815-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 15, 2015)

150815-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 15, 2015)

150815-N-TQ690-001 RICHELSDORF, Germany (Aug. 15, 2015) - Members of Recovery Team One from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) participate in recovery operations. The DPAA mission is to provide the f... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jessica Pownell, a recovery

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jessica Pownell, a recovery

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jessica Pownell, a recovery team medic assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screens soil during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, ... More

Local Filipino workers pass buckets of dirt to the

Local Filipino workers pass buckets of dirt to the

Local Filipino workers pass buckets of dirt to the screening stations during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 21, 2020. DPAA team... More

U.S. Army Sgt. David Vega Chavez, left, Sgt. John Blas,

U.S. Army Sgt. David Vega Chavez, left, Sgt. John Blas,

U.S. Army Sgt. David Vega Chavez, left, Sgt. John Blas, center, and Sgt. John Srsich, all deployed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) set up pipes for a wet screening station at an excavation site ... More

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) takes a break from shoveling during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippine... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jessica Pownell, a recovery

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jessica Pownell, a recovery

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jessica Pownell, a recovery team medic assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screens soil during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, ... More

Witness Le Van Ngoc escorts U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.

Witness Le Van Ngoc escorts U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.

Witness Le Van Ngoc escorts U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert, around the area pointing out land... More

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team members excavate a unit during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 21, 2020. The DPAA team was in the area in search of an alle... More

Vietnamese nationals pass buckets of sediment during

Vietnamese nationals pass buckets of sediment during

Vietnamese nationals pass buckets of sediment during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 1, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes... More

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), gives a tour to witnesses James Michael Sprayberry and Orval Brownfield in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dung Vu, a linguist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) oversees excavation operation in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 1, 2016. DPAA deployed seven expert... More

Vietnamese nationals clean out buckets during a Defense

Vietnamese nationals clean out buckets during a Defense

Vietnamese nationals clean out buckets during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 5, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of reco... More

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Vietnamese officials pose for a team photo in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Sept. 8, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jhonathan Yunda, deployed by  the Defense

U.S. Army Sgt. Jhonathan Yunda, deployed by the Defense

U.S. Army Sgt. Jhonathan Yunda, deployed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), unloads mesh for inventory accountability during recovery operations in the Tournehem Forest, France on April 24, 2017.... More

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) examines a secondary burial box during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 24, 202... More

Vietnamese nationals construct a screen station during

Vietnamese nationals construct a screen station during

Vietnamese nationals construct a screen station during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) mission in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 13, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hope... More

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams, a recovery team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) shovels soil during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 24, 2020... More

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense

Dr. Owen O'leary, an archeologist assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) prepares another unit for excavation during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philippines, Jan. 21... More

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) pose of group photo in front of a waterfall in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 25, 2016. DPAA deployed seven experts to the area in hopes of r... More

Dr. Owen O'leary (left), an archeologist assigned to

Dr. Owen O'leary (left), an archeologist assigned to

Dr. Owen O'leary (left), an archeologist assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) explains the excavation process to the team during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republic of the Philip... More

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team and

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team and

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team and Vietnamese nationals prepare a site to withstand inclement weather as part of daily closing operation in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, Aug. 26, 2016... More

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams (left), a recovery team

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams (left), a recovery team

U.S. Army Capt. James Reams (left), a recovery team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and local workers fill buckets with soil during a recovery mission in Bataan province, Republi... More

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with

Traci Van Deest, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), gives a tour to witnesses James Michael Sprayberry and Orval Brownfield in the Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, ... More

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