Dale Marratas, life support analyst with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and Dr. Mark Smith, anthropologist with DPAA (right) examine notes at an excavation site, March 15, 2016, in Lak Xao Province, Laos. DPAA's mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD photo by Cpl. John Tran/RELEASED)

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Keywords: 16-3la, dpaa, excavations, laos, operations, recovery