Remains of U.S. missing serviceman repatriated

VGP - Three sets of remains belonging to U.S. servicemen who listed as Missing in Action (MIA) during the war in Viet Nam were handed over to the U.S. side at Da Nang international airport on April 2.

April 03, 2017 8:21 AM GMT+7

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The event was attended by U.S. Consul General in HCMC Mary Tarnowka; and representatives from the Viet Nam Office for Seeking Mission Personnel (VNOSMP), the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and the MIA Office in Ha Noi.

The remains were recovered during the 126th Joint Field Activity from February – April this year and will be flown to Hawaii for further examination.

It has been the 140th hand-over to the US since 1973.

Speaking at the event, a U.S. government representative thanked the Vietnamese government and people for their goodwill and effective cooperation in the humanitarian field over the past years.

Viet Nam is still looking for the remains of hundreds of thousands of its own dead and MIAs./.

By Kim Loan