Air Force MSgt Kevin Christensen, life support investigator, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), goes through aircraft wreckage collected from the excavation site during a recovery mission in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Feb. 2, 2023. Each recovery mission can involve up to 65 personnel plus Lao counterparts. Both countries work together on investigations and excavations throughout the country between 30 – 45 days per mission. Recovered remains believed to be those of Americans are transferred to DPAA’s laboratory in Hawaii for further analysis and identification by
Air Force MSgt Kevin Christensen, life support investigator, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), goes through aircraft wreckage collected from the excavation site during a recovery mission in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Feb. 2, 2023. Each recovery mission can involve up to 65 personnel plus Lao counterparts. Both countries work together on investigations and excavations throughout the country between 30 – 45 days per mission. Recovered remains believed to be those of Americans are transferred to DPAA’s laboratory in Hawaii for further analysis and identification by forensic anthropologists. Since 1985 the United States and Lao governments have worked together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. Through unified work, both countries work to identify the 286 missing Americans in Laos from the Vietnam War.
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