Vietnam Buries Remains of 731 War Dead Nearly 6 Decades After the Tet Offensive
Forensic teams identified the remains after decades of searches, and families gathered as authorities completed one of Vietnam’s largest postwar burials.
- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung attended a memorial service at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City, honoring 731 fallen soldiers unearthed nearly six decades after the 1968 Tet Offensive.
- Excavations at the former Do Thanh Cemetery site uncovered 731 sets of remains buried in mass graves during and after the 1968 fighting between North Vietnamese forces and U.S.-backed South Vietnamese troops.
- Architect Nguyen Xuan Thang spent nearly eight years comparing military maps, satellite images, and witness accounts to locate the burial site, narrowing his search to the park by May 2026.
- Authorities identified one soldier, squad leader Huynh Van Quen, using a faded military document found in a wallet among the remains and DNA samples matching his relatives.
- About 175,000 Vietnamese soldiers remain unrecovered, while the government pursues a 500-day campaign through July 2027 to locate 7,000 sets of remains and provide closure to families searching for decades.
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Radio France Internationale
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Vietnam buries remains of 731 war dead nearly 6 decades after the Tet
FILE- Gravediggers fill the third communal mass grave at a cemetery in Saigon, Vietnam on Feb. 12, 1968. The remains of more than 700 people, believed killed during the 1968 Tet Offensive were laid to rest in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, nearly six decades later. This wartime photograph provided a crucial clue, helping researchers locate the mass graves. (AP Photo/Gautron, File)
The Toronto Star
Vietnam buries remains of 731 war dead nearly 6 decades after the Tet Offensive
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Thousands carrying white flowers lined the roads in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday as the remains of 731 people believed to have been killed during the 1968 Tet Offensive were taken for burial nearly six…
HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct 14 ¶ Vietnam held funeral Rates for more than 700 of its war dead today, unearthed in a majo...
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