PANO - A repatriation ceremony for two sets of remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam took place on June 28th at Da Nang International Airport. Present at the ceremony were representatives from the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP), the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, the US Defense Attaché Office in Hanoi, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and the US MIA Office in Hanoi.

At the ceremony. Photo: dantri.com.vn

The remains, collected by excavation teams of the 123rd Joint Field Activities between May and June of 2016, were examined by Vietnamese and US forensic experts in the central city of Da Nang. They might be of US servicemen missing in action during the Vietnam War and would be transported to Hawaii, US for further examination.

Addressing the ceremony, a representative of the US Government thanked the Vietnamese Government and people for their humanitarian policy, good will and effective cooperation.

Finding and collecting remains of US servicemen missing in action during the Vietnam War are part of humanitarian activities conducted by both Vietnamese and US governments.

This was the 138th handover of remains of missing US servicemen since 1973.

Translated by Mai Huong