Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency repatriation team, members of the Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons, and U.S. Ambassador Marc Knapper, pose for a photo during a repatriation ceremony in Vietnam, April 19, 2025. The ceremony marked the end of the joint field activity and this iteration’s efforts to recover unaccounted-for personnel from the Vietnam War. During the ceremony, DPAA team members and Socialist Republic of Vietnam officials transferred possible remains to DPAA for potential identification at the DPAA laboratory on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. There are currently 1,573 personnel missing from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency repatriation team prepare to drape a flag during a repatriation ceremony in Vietnam, April 19, 2025. The ceremony marked the end of the joint field activity and this iteration’s efforts to recover unaccounted-for personnel from the Vietnam War. During the ceremony, DPAA team members and Socialist Republic of Vietnam officials transferred possible remains to DPAA for potential identification at the DPAA laboratory on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. There are currently 1,573 personnel missing from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Fanny Solano, team medic and short-term individual augmentee, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, presents a U.S. flag while U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kevin Nguyen, recovery noncommissioned officer and short-term individual augmentee, DPAA, renders a salute during a repatriation ceremony in Vietnam, April 19, 2025. The ceremony marked the end of the joint field activity and this iteration’s efforts to recover unaccounted-for personnel from the Vietnam War. During the ceremony, DPAA team members and Socialist Republic of Vietnam officials transferred possible remains to DPAA for potential identification at the DPAA laboratory on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. There are currently 1,573 personnel missing from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Travis Walter, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Detachment 2 commander, and General Nguyen Ba Thang, Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons, sign transfer documents before a repatriation ceremony in Vietnam, April 19, 2025. The ceremony marked the culmination of the efforts of three recovery teams to recover U.S. personnel unaccounted for during the Vietnam War. During the ceremony, an honor guard team escorted the potential remains for transport to the DPAA Laboratory on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Once there, the scientific analysis process will begin. There are currently 1,573 Americans missing from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kevin Nguyen, recovery noncommissioned officer and short-term individual augmentee, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, and U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Allison Meaney, team medic and short-term individual augmentee, DDPAA, prepare to drape a flag during a repatriation ceremony in Vietnam, April 19, 2025. The ceremony marked the end of the joint field activity and this iteration’s efforts to recover unaccounted-for personnel from the Vietnam War. During the ceremony, DPAA team members and Socialist Republic of Vietnam officials transferred possible remains to DPAA for potential identification at the DPAA laboratory on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. There are approximately 1,573 personnel missing from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)