What Remains: Bringing America's Missing Home from the Vietnam War

Associate Professor of Anthropology Sarah E. Wagner tells the stories of the nearly 1,600 American service members still unaccounted for and presumed dead from the Vietnam War, and the families and communities that continue to search for them. From the scientists who work to identify the dead using bits of bone unearthed in Vietnamese jungles to the relatives who press government officials to find the remains of their loved ones, she introduces us to the men and women who seek to bring the missing back home. Through their experiences she examines the ongoing toll of America’s most fraught war. Her research was featured in CCAS Spotlight.