Burial services for remains of 28 martyrs held in Dong Nai
A memorial and burial ceremony was held in Nhon Trach district of the Central Highlands province of Dong Nai for 28 martyrs of the Rung Sac (Sac Forest) Commando Unit 10.
The ceremony saw Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee on the Search, Repatriation and Identification of Remains of Fallen Soldiers.
At the ceremony, senior delegates joined the funeral rites and rituals to lay the martyrs’ remains to rest at the burial places. Delegates attending the ceremony paid respect and offered incense and showed gratitude to the martyrs who had sacrificed their lives for the country’s independence and peace.
Earlier in March, a family in Nhon Trach district, while dredging a pond, discovered two sets of human remains. Receiving the information, local authorities came to the site and defined that they were the remains of two martyrs.
Relevant agencies expanded the search area and discovered the remains of 26 more martyrs.
After the identification process, the competent agencies concluded that they were the remains of 28 soldiers of the Rung Sac Commando Unit 10 of, who had fallen during the war against the US.
