Representatives from the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel(VNOSMP), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, US Ambassador toVietnam Michael Michalak and representatives from the Joint POW/MIAAccounting Command (JPAC) attended the function.
The Vietnamese government representative handed over to the USgovernment representative three boxes of remains which were recoveredduring the 99 th Joint Field Activities from May to July 2010 andturned over by Vietnamese citizens.
Those remains were jointly reviewed by Vietnam and US forensicspecialists who concluded they might be associated with US servicemenmissing during the war in Vietnam and it was recommended that theremains be brought to Hawaii for further review.
Addressing the ceremony, the US government representativeexpressed deep gratitude and high appreciation for the steadfasthumanitarian policy, good-will and the increasingly efficientcooperation of the Vietnamese government and people.
This is the 115 th hand-over of American missing servicemen’s remains since 1973./.