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Video by Sgt. Lesley Cisneros

24-5LA Recap video

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Aug. 20, 2024 | 1:26

U.S. Army Capt. Brett Harris, team leader, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), speaks on the 24-5LA recovery mission conducted in Lao Democratic People’s Republic from early July to late-August in 2024. The team deployed with 16 members in hopes of recovering the remains of missing service members from past conflicts. Since 1985, the United States and Lao governments have worked closely together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. There are currently 1,575 missing and unaccounted-for Americans from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Lesley B. Cisneros)