U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edward E. Kajko, explosive ordnance disposal technician, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 26-3LA recovery team 2, excavates dirt during a recovery operation in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, March 13, 2026. Soil from excavated units are transferred to screening stations where U.S. personnel and local workers search for aircraft wreckage, life support material and possible remains. Kajko is a Short Term Individual Augmentee to DPAA from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD, attached to Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. There are approximately 1,566 personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, 280 of those unresolved cases are located in Laos. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Catherine S. Verenzuela Mariano)
| Date Taken: | 03.09.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.10.2026 05:42 |
| Photo ID: | 9606290 |
| VIRIN: | 260313-M-OQ544-1003 |
| Resolution: | 8192x5464 |
| Size: | 11.01 MB |
| Location: | LA |
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