Mission

Since the end of the war in 1975, Republic of Vietnam military forces and surviving families lost access to their military cemeteries and historical records. Meanwhile, thousands of RVN soldiers remain missing and their remains have not yet been found and returned to their families. To bring some comfort to families whose loved ones disappeared during the war, the Vietnam Center and Archive of Texas Tech University has established this humanitarian project to support Vietnamese families in the United States and in other nations in researching and locating the circumstances and remains of missing South Vietnamese soldiers. While the primary goal is to identify possible grave locations so remains might be returned to families, we recognize the challenges of doing so given the passage of fifty years. In instances where remains are impossible to locate or identify, our goal is to provide the fullest possible accounting using historical information and documentation. While we know this will be a poor substitute, it is our hope that at least providing verifiable information might help families who have been wondering what happened to their loved one for so many years.