At the handover ceremony (Photo: VOV) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese authorities have handed over to US representatives two sets of remains of US servicemen found by joint search teams during the 136th Joint Field Activities from July to September 2019.
The handover ceremony was held at Da Nang International Airport with the participation of representatives from the Board of Directors of Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP), US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Marie Damour and officials from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the US MIA Office in Hanoi.
The remains had been jointly examined by Vietnamese and US forensic specialists in Da Nang. The specialists concluded that they might be associated with US servicemen missing during the war in Vietnam and recommended to bring them to Hawaii, the US, for further verification.
Speaking at the ceremony, US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Marie Damour spoke highly of the full and effective cooperation of the Vietnamese Government and people in the search for missing US servicemen, pledging to continue supporting Vietnam to overcome war consequences in the time to come.
The search for remains of US servicemen missing during the war in Vietnam is a humanitarian activity between the Vietnamese and US Governments. This is the 151st hand-over of remains of US missing servicemen since 1973./.
The handover ceremony was held at Da Nang International Airport with the participation of representatives from the Board of Directors of Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP), US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Marie Damour and officials from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the US MIA Office in Hanoi.
The remains had been jointly examined by Vietnamese and US forensic specialists in Da Nang. The specialists concluded that they might be associated with US servicemen missing during the war in Vietnam and recommended to bring them to Hawaii, the US, for further verification.
Speaking at the ceremony, US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Marie Damour spoke highly of the full and effective cooperation of the Vietnamese Government and people in the search for missing US servicemen, pledging to continue supporting Vietnam to overcome war consequences in the time to come.
The search for remains of US servicemen missing during the war in Vietnam is a humanitarian activity between the Vietnamese and US Governments. This is the 151st hand-over of remains of US missing servicemen since 1973./.
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