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    2026-3LA Recovery Operations [Image 14 of 59]

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    2026-3LA Recovery Operations

    LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

    03.09.2026

    Photo by Cpl. Catherine Verenzuela Mariano 

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    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)

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    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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