Army Sgt. Sonia Adkins (right standing), team supply sergeant with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), hands off a bucket of dirt for screening as Marine Cpl. Manuel Vega (right), team communications augmentee for the DPAA, and a local worker continues filling them during excavation in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, March 10, 2016. Members of the DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for during the Vietnam War era. The mission of the DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing

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Army Sgt. Sonia Adkins (right standing), team supply sergeant with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), hands off a bucket of dirt for screening as Marine Cpl. Manuel Vega (right), team communications augmentee for the DPAA, and a local worker continues filling them during excavation in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, March 10, 2016. Members of the DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for during the Vietnam War era. The mission of the DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Ford, USAF/RELEASED)

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