The board of directors of the Vietnamese Office For Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP), as well as representatives from the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the US MIA Office in Hanoi (DET2), attended the ceremony to repatriate the remains of American soldiers, according to information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Members of several representative agencies of various countries and international organizations in Vietnam, as well as representatives of the Veterans for Peace and the Vietnam American Association, attended the event. There were also two commanding officers of the 5th aircraft carrier battle group who were visiting Da Nang City.
A set of remains from the 151st joint search (May to July 2023) were given to the American side by the Vietnamese delegate.
The remains were investigated by American and Vietnamese forensic specialists in Da Nang, who came to the conclusion that they may be connected to American soldiers who went missing during the Vietnam War and suggested that they be sent to Hawaii for further verification.
US soldiers’ remains were repatriated at Da Nang international airport on June 27 – Photo: BNG
Since the late 1980s, the two countries have collaborated on a humanitarian search and inventory for American military members who were lost in the Vietnam War. More than 700 cases of US service members killed in the war have been identified as a result of this operation thus far.
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Source: Vietnam Insider