Army Staff Sgt. Ivan Swendrzynski with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), removes soil from an excavation unit as part of DPAA's recovery mission near Ban Chanon village, Khammouon Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mar. 24, 2017. DPAA team members deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted-for from the Vietnam Conflict. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Richard DeWitt)

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Keywords: 17-3la, accounting, agency, defense, dpaa, laos, missing, pow/mia, recovery, servicemember