JOINT POW/MIA ACCOUNTING COMMAND (JPAC)
Public Affairs (808) 448-1937
public_affairs@jpac.pacom.mil
RELEASE NO. #A06-3
(CHANGE ONE to #A06-2)
June 28, 2006
MIA REMAINS RETURN TO AMERICAN SOIL FROM THREE COUNTRIES
HICKAM AFB, HAWAII — A ceremony will take place June 30 to honor recovered remains believed to be associated with American military members missing from the Vietnam and the Korean War.
There will be two transfer cases associated with the Vietnam War, one of which will have remains from Laos; the other case will contain remains from Vietnam.
One additional transfer case has been added to the ceremony from South Korea, which holds what is believed to be American remains from the Korean War. The remains were recovered last year by JPAC personnel, but were held in U.S. military custody in South Korea for administrative reasons until recently.
A joint honor guard will memorialize the repatriation of all of the remains on Friday at 9 a.m. outside of the 15th Airlift Wing Base Operations Building, Hickam Air Force Base.
Following the ceremony, the remains will be transported to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command where the forensic identification process begins.
Media are invited to attend the ceremony. For access to Hickam AFB or more information, contact JPAC public affairs at (808) 448-1937. Media must RSVP before noon, June 29, in order to receive access to the base and must meet escorts at the gate no later than 8:20 a.m., June 30.
"Until they are home"
