Vietnam Veterans of America Helps Account for Twelve Missing
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WASHINGTON, June 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- After 37 years, the families of those who died in the Battle of Ngoc Tavak have been informed their loved ones are coming home, this as the result of a 12-year effort by Vietnam Veterans of American's Veterans Initiative, veterans in the U.S., Australia, and Vietnam, along with governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The forensic identification process following the 1998-99 recovery of the remains is complete and has allowed the U.S. government to begin the notification of the families. The remains of 11 U.S. Marines and one American Special Forces soldier have been recovered. Five have been positively identified by forensic DNA processes.
The men were killed May 10, 1968, in one of the most ferocious battles of the war, at the forward operating base at Ngoc Tavak, a sub camp of the larger Special Forces camp, Kham Duc, which fell to enemy hands two days later. These battles resulted in the single largest number of missing Americans associated with any battle during the entire war.See the full content of this document
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Vietnam Veterans of America Helps Account for Twelve Missing
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