A repatriation ceremony of remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Viet Nam was held at the Da Nang International Airport on 8 July.

A repatriation ceremony of remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Viet Nam was held at the Da Nang International Airport on July 8

Attending the ceremony, for the Vietnamese side, were representatives from the Board of Directors of Viet Nam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP) and, for the US side, were Mary E. Tarnowka, US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Colonel Tuan T. Ton, Defense Attache of the US Embassy in Ha Noi, representatives of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the US MIA Office in Ha Noi.

The Vietnamese side’s representative handed over to the US side two boxes of remains which were recovered by joint and unilateral excavation teams during the 131^st Joint Field Activities from May to July, 2018.

The remains had been jointly reviewed and concluded by Vietnamese and US forensic specialists in Da Nang that they might be associated with the US servicemen missing during the war in Viet Nam, and were recommended to bring to Hawaii, the US, for further review.

Addressing at the repatriation ceremony, the US Government’s representative expressed deep gratitude and high appreciation for the steadfast humanitarian policy, good-will, the full and the increasingly efficient cooperation of the Vietnamese Government and its people.

The seeking of the remains of US servicemen missing during the war in Viet Nam is humanitarian cooperation between the Vietnamese Government and the US Government. This is the 144^th hand-over of American missing servicemen’s remains since 1973.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)