Military Region 4 collected 13 martyrs' remains in the old Ba Long war zone and Huong Hoa district.

In recent days, the 968th Division's collection team collected 12 martyrs' remains in Tan Xa village, Ba Long commune, Dakrong district, in the former Ba Long war zone; the 337th Military Economic Group's collection team collected 1 remains in Cheng village, Tan Lien commune, Huong Hoa district.

The working group of the 515 Steering Committee of Military Region 4 inspected the location of the 968th Division's Collection Team and discovered the remains of martyrs in Tan Xa village, Ba Long commune.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ba Le - Captain of the 968th Division Collection Team said that recently, the unit has been making efforts to search and collect the mass grave of 53 martyrs of the 6th Phu Xuan Regiment who sacrificed their lives in the Ba Long war zone on the night of October 19, 1965. However, many years have passed, and the search has not yet yielded results due to the terrain and topography changing too much, the witnesses being old and weak, and their memory declining.

Staff of the 968th Division's Collection Team conduct the exhumation of martyrs' remains.

On March 24, 2021, in Tan Xa village, Ba Long commune, the team discovered a set of remains and many relics. Continuing to expand the search area, the team has so far found 11 more remains along with relics. According to the opinions of some witnesses as well as local people, the above area during the resistance war against the US belonged to Ba Long War Zone - the fighting area of ​​​​the 6th Phu Xuan Regiment with the enemy in 1965 and is the suspected burial place of 53 martyrs who died on the night of October 19, 1965. Therefore, the team is currently continuing to expand the search area to cover all the double bomb craters provided by witnesses.

The Collection Team of Division 968 and Economic-Defense Group 337 respectfully request that agencies, units, and veterans at home and abroad who participated in combat and served in combat in the above-mentioned area, who know any information about the remains of martyrs who have just been collected, cooperate in providing information to facilitate the process of searching, collecting, and identifying the martyrs.

For further information, please contact: Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ba Le, Captain of the Collection Team of Division 968, phone number: 0972.493.561; Major Trinh Hong Nam, Captain of the Collection Team of Economic-Defense Group 337, phone number: 0365.536.435.