Vietnam Veterans of America ( The Association of Vietnam War Veterans of America ) has given Viet Nam a map of the burial plot of 173 Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers falling down in 1967 in Gio Linh District of the central province of Quang Tri. A Vietnamese veteran has told the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper that he knew the military unit of the dead soldiers.
Vietnamese veteran Nguyen Van Mua said on July 16 that the dead soldiers belonged to Battalion 4, Regiment 812, Division 324.
Mr. Mua, who is now living in the northern province of Thanh Hoa now, said he used to be a soldier of the battalion, and his battalion took part in the night combat in March or April 1967 at Con Tien, Xuan Hoa Hamlet, Gio An Commune, Gio Linh District.
He added that 90% of the battalion’s soldiers came from his home province of Thanh Hoa. At that time, he was a secretary and bodyguard of the Regiment 812 Chief-of-Staff.
Also on July 16, Gio Linh District military officials said excavation is going on at the burial plot of the 173 dead soldiers. Until that day, the remains of three people had been unearthed.
