Vietnam to Hand Over More US MIA Remains
The remains of what are believed to be US servicemen who died in the
Vietnam War will be handed over to the US government on September 12 in
the 111th repatriation ceremony held by the two nations. The remains to
be handed over at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport include those
recovered by a
Vietnamese excavation team in central Vietnam, as well
as remains turned over by Vietnamese citizens. The exact number of
persons the remains account for will be released at the ceremony,
according to the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. US Ambassador to
Vietnam Michael Michalak and US Army Lieutenant Colonel Todd G. Emoto
will represent the US government at the ceremony. So far, the remains of
909 Americans have been identified in and around Indochina since US
troops officially left Vietnam in 1973: 645 in Vietnam, 230 in Laos, 31
in Cambodia and three in China, according to the US Embassy in Hanoi.
There are 1,737 Americans still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War,
including 1,322 in Vietnam, the embassy said in a statement.
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