Mass grave of communist soldiers found in Vietnam

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Mass grave of communist soldiers found in Vietnam
The Associated Press
Thursday, July 15, 2010; 11:34 PM

HANOI, Vietnam -- An official says a mass grave has been found containing the remains of 11 communist soldiers killed during the Vietnam War.

Dinh Van Phu of the military command in central Dak Nong province says it took excavators nearly two weeks to recover the remains.

Phu said Friday the communist soldiers were believed killed during an attack on a base of the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese army in 1966.

Phu says two former South Vietnamese soldiers who fought in the battle informed authorities of the grave.



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[DemoTex]

1. I guess "mass grave" is an ill-defined term.

I would say "common grave" of 11 PAVN soldiers (drop the pejorative "communist" tag).

BTW: PAVN is the People's Army of Viet Nam (or NVA, as we called it).

[ArcticFox]

2. Not "Mass"

Eleven bodies does not a mass grave make.

[pinboy3niner]

3. U.S. vets also have helped to identify locations of VC and NVA remains

Vietnam Veterans of America's Veterans' Initiative program collects information and artifacts from U.S. vets and provides these directly to the Veterans Association of Vietnam. Artifacts are returned to the families in Vietnam and the information is used to locate missing Vietnamese remains.