U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Don Pham, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Vietnamese linguist, screens soil at a wet screen during a DPAA recovery mission, Nghệ An Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 5, 2023. The possible identity of any remains recovered on a DPAA mission is not released until identification is established by the DPAA laboratory and notification has been made to the next of kin by the respective service casualty office.
Since 1973, the remains of more than 1,000 Americans killed during the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency tirelessly continues the search for the remaining 1581 ,missing in action servicemembers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cole Yardley.)
| Date Taken: | 03.05.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.19.2023 17:09 |
| Photo ID: | 7688311 |
| VIRIN: | 230305-F-FU430-958 |
| Resolution: | 5630x3753 |
| Size: | 12.65 MB |
| Location: | VN |
| Web Views: | 46 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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