Search Area Expanded for Fallen Soldiers’ Remains at Ho Chi Minh City Park

Search teams have widened their work around an existing burial trench at Le Thi Rieng Park, continuing an effort to recover the remains of fallen soldiers.

On September 8, Team K74 under the Ho Chi Minh City Military Command brought in excavators, dump trucks and other vehicles to expand the search in Area A. Machinery removed the soil layer by layer and created a new working surface toward an artificial hill inside the park.

Lieutenant Colonel Lê Ngọc Hà, the team’s commander, said the unit would continue with a high level of determination. Wherever traces or evidence suggested that martyrs’ remains might be present, searchers would enlarge the area and inspect it more closely.

“We are determined not to miss any trace. When traces and evidence indicate a possible location of martyrs’ remains, we will continue searching, with the hope of soon bringing the fallen heroes home,” Hà said.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Military Command, forces had recovered 592 sets of remains by the end of September 7. The total included 559 individual sets and 33 sets from eight mass graves, with two mass-grave sites in Area A and six in Area B. Of the remains recovered, 274 sets were found with accompanying personal artifacts.

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We are determined not to miss any trace. When traces and evidence indicate a possible location of martyrs’ remains, we will continue searching, with the hope of soon bringing the fallen heroes home.