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Members of the honor guard detail for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency carry the casket of an unknown service member during a disinterment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Feb. 27, 2017. The disinterred remains will go to the agency's laboratory for identification. The agency's mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting of U.S. missing personnel to their families and the nation. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Armando Velez

Disinterment Ceremony

Members of the honor guard detail for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency carry the casket of an unknown service member during a disinterment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Feb. 27, 2017. The disinterred remains will go to the agency's laboratory for identification. The agency's mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting of U.S. missing personnel to their families and the nation. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Armando Velez

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