JPAC teams return from Vietnam

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessie Trujillo, diver, a member of Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1, jumps off a barge for a surface supply dive in support of a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery mission in the Nghe An province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts. (JPAC photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anderson Bomjardim/Released)

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Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and Vietnamese workers excavate a 4x4 meter unit at a recovery site in the Thua Thien-Hue province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Four recovery teams searched for four missing individuals associated with Vietnam War aircraft losses during the 40 day mission. The mission of the JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts. (JPAC photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon/Released)

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Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Westman, a diver with Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1, secures his dive search line before descending on a scuba dive in support of a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery mission in the Nghe An province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts. (JPAC photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anderson Bomjardim/Released)

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Army Sgt. Jonathan Kelman, left, and Gunnery Sgt. Brian Donaldson assemble a wet screening station in Quang Nam province of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The two are members of a 13-person recovery team deployed from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, attempting to recover the remains of Americans lost during the Vietnam War. JPAC's worldwide mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all American's lost during the nation's previous conflicts. (JPAC photo by Mr. Jason Kaye/Released)

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Spc. Andrew Childs pushes a wheelbarrow filled with excavated earth during a recovery mission in the Quang Nam province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Childs was a recovery Noncommissioned Officer on a 13-person Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery team attempting to recover evidence of Americans lost during the Vietnam War. JPAC's worldwide mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all American's lost during the nation's previous conflicts. (JPAC photo by Mr. Jason Kaye/Released)

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Mr. Dale Maratas, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command life support investigator, inspects a piece aircraft wreckage that was pulled from the water during a JPAC recovery mission in the Nghe An province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts. (JPAC photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anderson Bomjardim/Released)

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JPAC teams return from Vietnam

Published June 29, 2010
By Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- Teams from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command returned to Hawaii June 22 after spending more than 40 days in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Teams successfully conducted recovery and investigative operations searching for evidence and information associated with Americans missing from the Vietnam War.

Three recovery teams searched in the Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien-Hue provinces for four missing individuals associated with aircraft losses. The fourth recovery team searched an underwater aircraft crash site in the northeastern Nghe An and southeastern Thanh Hoa provinces for two missing individuals. The teams searched for human remains, life support, and material evidence used in the identification of unaccounted-for personnel. Possible human remains were recovered and repatriated, and have been transported the JPAC's Central Identification Laboratory for analysis and identification.

Two investigation teams conducted interviews, research and fieldwork in seven provinces for 53 missing individuals associated with 28 cases. Investigation teams developed information to advance the fate determination of Last Known Alive cases and support the recommendation to excavate selected recovery sites.This was the 99th Joint Field Activity in Vietnam.