Repatriation ceremony held for US servicemen’s remains
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Attending the ceremony were representatives from the Board of Directors of Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP), the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, the Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and the US MIA Office in Ha Noi.
A repatriation ceremony of US servicemen's remains. |
The Vietnamese side’s representative handed over to the US side two boxes of remains recovered during the 127th Joint Field Activities from April to June 2017. The remains had been jointly reviewed and concluded by Vietnam and US forensic specialists that they might be associated with the US servicemen missing during the war in Vietnam and were recommended to bring to Hawaii (US) for further review.
Addressing the ceremony, the US Government representative expressed their deep gratitude and appreciation for the steadfast humanitarian policy, good-will and the efficient cooperation of the Government and people of Vietnam.
The search for remains of US servicemen missing during the war in Vietnam is humanitarian cooperation between the Governments of Vietnam and the US. This is the 141st hand-over of American missing servicemen’s remains since 1973.
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