SIGHTING OF BODIES OF TWO U.S. SOLDIERS, SON HA DISTRICT, QUANG NGAI PRO VINCE,

Created: 4/10/1973

OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible

:1, in EARLYH (fnu),D- TH: VlET CONG1 DISPENSARY* DUAN3 NGA] "UMlTi MILITARY G1 ON 5

BBSBtkAT.IN7 HE HAD SENT TKO of MIS NEji TO'.', SEARCH FOR CANNED FOOD AT'.S, ARTHUR* BASE KHJCH HAD EEN AEANDOKED THE PREVIOUS CAY AND THE MEN REPORTED HAVING FOUND THE BODIES. SOLDIERS AT THE BASE,

NGUYEN'S SUSOSCINATES SAID THE BODIES VERE LYING UNCOVERED IN 'TBQ KOllCNS, AND THAT THcY HAD FOUND ABOUT IB RUCKSACKS'.^ -OF CANNED FOOD AND RETURNED TO THE DISPENSARY WITHOUT BURYING IHE BODIES, ABOUT TEN PAYS LATER* SOME fiONTAGNARD GUERRILLAS CAME TO THE DISPENSARY AHDSAID THEY HAD ALSO FOUND THE , IES AND MAD Biff |gP.THEM ON .THE SPOT JN-UNKARKED^RAVES^ '

2. NGUYENABANDONED ARTILLERY BASEWO TO FIVE KILOMETERS DISTANCE FRlMl$Ff.NSARY,

WHICH HAS LOCATED NEARH DA VACH HQUNTAlN> SON HA DISTRICT. he ALSO SAID. ARTILLERY UNIT HAD MOVED INTO THE BASEARMY OF THEF VIETNAM IARVK1 OPERATION IN SON ha DISTRICT.'BUT HAD N00NED THE BASE AFTER BEING ATTACKEDNAPPERUNIT. THE 'ARTILLERY UNIT HAD BEEN EQUIPPEDM 'ANDMM HOWITZERS WHICH HERE REMOVED.WHEN ABANDONING .v

THE BASE, j'r

Tl THE FOLLOWINGHE JOINT CASUALTY*".

RESOLUTION CENTER IJCRC) EVALUATION OF"THE REPORT! JCRC .HAS NO INFORMATION CONCERNING THE INCIDENT DESCRIBED BY THE 'j?

SOURCE. .IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THES'REFERRING TO THE' -'-

BAtCIA OUTFpST.AT'i- INFORMATION FROU SOURCE" SHOULD .

WOT. EEIS POSSIBLE THAT ;TH=DESCRIBED SI SOURCE HERE SUBSEQUENTLY RECOVERED WHEN ARMY!

HE-REPUBLIC CF VIETNAM FORCES RETURNED TO THE AREA, IF '

THIS HERE THE CASE, JCRC MOULD NOT WAVE RECORDS CONCERNING

THE. INCIDENT),

4, 'FIELD DISSENT DEFENSE ATTACHE FOR JCRC REPRESENTATIVE ATO CIKCPaCN CP AC AND POL'AD, ONLY) USSAG

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