Localities receive and bury martyrs' remains

*April 24,Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and mass organizationsTho Hop commune,in coordination with the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social AffairsQuy Hop districtsolemnly organized the reception ceremony, memorial service and burial ceremony of martyr Hoang Van Loi's remains,An outstanding son of Tho Hop hometown, heroically sacrificed in the resistance war against America to save the country.

The honor guard carries the remains of martyr Hoang Van Loi to the burial site. Photo: Thu Huong

Martyr Hoang Van Loi was born in 1952 in Dien Thinh commune, Dien Chau district, Nghe An province. In early 1968, the young Hoang Van Loi and his family settled in Soi Duoi hamlet, Tho Hop commune.

On January 1, 1971, when he had just turned 18, young man Hoang Van Loi volunteered to take up arms and join the troops "Splitting Truong Son to save the country".

After training in the North, soldier Hoang Van Loi and his unit, Company 1, Battalion 4, Logistics Department B5, marched to the South to directly fight the American invaders and soldiers of the Saigon puppet regime.

On October 10, 1972, in an extremely fierce battle on the Southern Front, soldier Hoang Van Loi fought with all his might and heroically sacrificed himself.

Comrade Nguyen Dinh Tung - Deputy Secretary, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quy Hop district offered incense at the memorial service for martyr Hoang Van Loi. Photo: Thu Huong

For his outstanding achievements in fighting to protect the Fatherland, martyr Hoang Van Loi was awarded the First Class Liberation Feat Medal.

After the ceremony to receive the martyr's remains from the cemetery of Hai Lang district, Quang Tri province to his hometown for a memorial service, martyr Hoang Van Loi was buried at the cemetery in Soi Duoi hamlet, Tho Hop commune, Quy Hop district.

Thu Huong

* April 24, Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Vietnam Fatherland Front CommitteeDang Son commune, Do Luong districtCoordinated with the Party Cell, the Front Working Committee of Hamlet 2 and the family to organize a welcoming ceremony and bring the remains of martyr Nguyen Dac Tri to the Martyrs Cemetery of Do Luong district.

Martyr Nguyen Dac Tri was born in 1941, his hometown is in Hamlet 2, Dang Son Commune, Do Luong District. From 1963 to 1966, he studied at Nghe An Agricultural College. From 1967 to 1968, he worked as an officer at Nghe An Provincial Department of Agriculture, and joined the Party in May 1969. In June 1969, following the sacred call of the Fatherland, he volunteered to work as an economic expert to help Laos, participating in the battle on the Plain of Jars battlefield.

The convoy of vehicles carrying the remains of martyr Nguyen Dac Tri to the Martyrs Cemetery of Do Luong district. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

On September 17, 1971, while on a combat mission, he heroically sacrificed his life on the Plain of Jars battlefield in Laos. After three years of lying on the old battlefield, in 1974, the Party and State of Vietnam brought him to rest at the Vietnam-Laos International Martyrs' Cemetery in Anh Son district, Nghe An province.

Martyr Nguyen Dac Tri was awarded by the Party and State with the Second Class Military Exploit Order, the Freedom Order of Laos and many other Certificates of Merit.