The military command of Tam Kỳ ward has published an open letter asking for information about 360 officers and soldiers killed in the 1968 Tet Offensive battle for what was then Tam Kỳ town, Tuổi Trẻ reported on October 18.
The fighting began before dawn on January 31, 1968, the second day of the Tet holiday, according to the letter. It lists three infantry battalions, a sapper company, tank-hunting teams and a provincial artillery group, 847 people in all. The command wants to know where those who died fell and where they were first buried, especially at the former Quảng Tín provincial office at 62 Hùng Vương Street, now in Bàn Thạch ward. It also wants accounts from anyone who saw the dead carried from the battlefield.
The appeal is addressed to veterans' associations, liaison groups of the units that fought in Tam Kỳ, former servicemen, relatives of the fallen and residents. Information can be sent to the ward military command at 72 Hùng Vương Street, Tam Kỳ ward.
The report gives no deadline. The command has not said whether the search is linked to a planned exhumation or memorial.
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