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The aluminum piece is engraved with the numbers 326 and 329. |
During the search, the team was directed to the Na Phan cemetery in the Lang Khang area (Bua La Pha district, Khammouane province). Through various sources, the team learned that this cemetery contains many graves of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died during the resistance war against the US.
The team carried out excavation procedures in the cemetery and discovered many artifacts, including military and personal belongings, buried alongside the remains of fallen soldiers. Among them, grave number 6 contained an artifact: a piece of aluminum, cut from the wreckage of an American aircraft, measuring 16x12.5cm. Small holes were drilled into the aluminum piece to form the number 326; the other side was blank. Next, grave number 9, upon excavation, also contained a piece of aluminum measuring 18x11cm, with holes drilled to form the number 329; the other side was blank. Both pieces of aluminum had two holes drilled in the top and bottom, used to tie parachute cords to the canvas covering the remains of the fallen soldiers.
In 2008, the remains were brought back and reburied at Ba Doc Martyrs' Cemetery, Quang Binh province (now Quang Tri province). On May 15, 2012, the artifacts were moved to the Museum of Military Region 4 for preservation and display.
Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/xa-hoi/chien-dich-500-ngay-dem-tri-an-liet-si/cac-manh-nhom-khac-so-326-va-329-1043182










