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A team from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) work with local Hmong villagers during site excavation in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mar. 18, 2016. Members of the DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for since the Vietnam War era.
Photo courtesy of Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Ford
Joe Griffin, senior archeologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Wilcoxson use mobile screening stations to examine excavated dirt in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic on Mar. 19, 2016. Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for since the Vietnam War era.
Photo courtesy of Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Ford
Joe Griffin (left), senior archeologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, stands across from Petty Officer 2nd Class Laurin Rene at a mobile screening station used to filter excavated dirt in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, March 29, 2016. Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for since the Vietnam War era.
Photo courtesy of Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Ford
Joe Griffin, senior archeologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, observes as members of his team from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency collect soil samples to be examined during site excavation in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic. Members of the DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for since the Vietnam War era.