IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 444 
Extending the thanks of Congress and the Nation to the Defense POW/ 
Missing Personnel Office, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command 
of the Department of Defense, the Armed Forces DNA Identification 
Laboratory, the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory, and 
the military departments and to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for 
their efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans 
unaccounted for as a result of the Vietnam War. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2006 
Mr. SIMMONS (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. MILLENDER- 
MCDONALD, and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Extending the thanks of Congress and the Nation to the 
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office, the Joint POW/ 
MIA Accounting Command of the Department of De-
fense, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, 
the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory, and 
the military departments and to the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam for their efforts to achieve the fullest possible 
accounting of all Americans unaccounted for as a result 
of the Vietnam War. 
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•HCON 444 IH 
Whereas 
the 
Defense 
POW/Missing 
Personnel 
Office 
(DPMO), an element of the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense, exercises policy, control and oversight within the 
Department of Defense of the process of investigation, 
analysis, recovery, and fullest possible accounting of 
Americans missing as a result of the Nation’s previous 
conflicts; 
Whereas the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), 
located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, is charged with 
the mission of achieving the fullest possible accounting of 
all Americans missing as a result of the Nation’s previous 
conflicts; 
Whereas the laboratory portion of that command, referred to 
as the Central Identification Laboratory, is the largest 
forensic anthropology laboratory in the world; 
Whereas the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory 
(AFDIL), located in Rockville, Maryland, is one of the 
leading laboratories in the world for processing degraded 
skeletal remains and family references for mitochondrial 
DNA; 
Whereas the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory 
(LSEL), located in San Antonio, Texas, houses the most 
comprehensive technical library and collection of life 
sciences equipment used by the U.S. military, to include 
analysts for artifact identification; 
Whereas National POW/MIA Recognition Day is one of the 
six days specified by law as days on which the POW/MIA 
flag is to be flown over specified Federal facilities and 
national cemeteries, post offices, and military installa-
tions; 
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•HCON 444 IH 
Whereas as diplomatic relations of the United States with the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam have improved, so has ac-
cess to archival information and on-site investigations rel-
ative to unaccounted-for Americans; 
Whereas as of June 28, 2006, 86 Joint Field Activities have 
been conducted in Vietnam in hopes of bringing home re-
mains of Americans unaccounted for from the Vietnam 
War; 
Whereas as of June 28, 2006, the remains of 604 Americans 
have been repatriated from Vietnam, identified, and re-
turned to their families; 
Whereas as of June 28, 2006, 95 Joint Field Activities have 
been conducted in Laos in hopes of bringing home re-
mains of Americans unaccounted for from the Vietnam 
War; 
Whereas as of June 28, 2006, the remains of 208 Americans 
have been repatriated from Laos, identified, and returned 
to their families; 
Whereas as of June 28, 2006, 35 Joint Field Activities have 
been conducted in Cambodia in hopes of bringing home 
remains of Americans unaccounted for from the Vietnam 
War; 
Whereas as of June 28, 2006, the remains of 29 Americans 
have been repatriated from Cambodia, identified, and re-
turned to their families; 
Whereas in June 2006 the Deputy Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for POW/MIA Affairs met with senior Vietnamese 
officials to follow-up on proposals made during previous 
visits; and 
Whereas the United States has a historic commitment to the 
recovery of and full accounting for Americans who are 
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•HCON 444 IH 
missing from the Nation’s wars and conflicts: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) recognizes that National POW/MIA Rec-
ognition Day is one of the six days specified by law 
(pursuant to section 902 of title 36, United States 
Code) as days on which the POW/MIA flag is to be 
flown over specified Federal facilities and national 
cemeteries, military installations, and post offices; 
(2) applauds the personnel of the Defense 
POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), the Joint 
POW/MIA Accounting Command of the Department 
of Defense, the Armed Forces DNA Identification 
Laboratory, the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment 
Laboratory, and the military departments for con-
tinuing their mission of achieving the fullest possible 
accounting of all Americans unaccounted for as a re-
sult of the Nation’s previous conflicts; 
(3) extends the thanks of the Congress and the 
Nation to the personnel of those offices, commands, 
and laboratories in the United States and the Social-
ist Republic of Vietnam for their efforts to achieve 
the fullest possible accounting of all Americans who 
remain unaccounted for as a result of the Vietnam 
War; 
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•HCON 444 IH 
(4) encourages the United States Government 
to use all available means to continue the mission 
described in paragraph (1) at current or greater lev-
els until the fullest possible accounting is achieved; 
(5) recognizes that the efforts and involvement 
of POW/MIA families and veterans contribute sig-
nificantly to the fullest possible accounting of miss-
ing Americans; 
(6) recognizes the assistance of host nations in 
supporting the efforts of the United States Govern-
ment to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all 
Americans unaccounted for as a result of the Na-
tion’s previous conflicts; 
(7) recognizes and honors the eight Americans 
and nine Vietnamese who have paid the ultimate 
price in supporting the mission of fullest possible ac-
counting, namely Lieutenant Colonel Rennie Cory, 
Lieutenant Colonel George C. Martin, Major Charles 
E. Lewis, Captain Richard M. Rees, Chief Hospital 
Corpsman Pedro J. Gonzales, Master Sergeant Ste-
ven L. Moser, Sergeant First Class Tommy J. Mur-
phy, Technical Sergeant Robert M. Flynn, Senior 
Colonel Tran Van Bien, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Ha, 
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Ha, Lieutenant 
Colonel Nguyen Thanh Son, Major Vu Pham The 
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•HCON 444 IH 
Kien, Major Nguyen Huu Nham, Lieutenant Giap 
Thanh Ngan, Lieutenant Dang Ngoc, and Lieuten-
ant Pham Huy Dung; 
(8) thanks the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for 
continued assistance and cooperation in the humane 
recovery, identification, and repatriation of the re-
mains of American personnel remaining unaccounted 
for from the Vietnam era; and 
(9) recognizes that the efforts and involvement 
of POW/MIA families contribute significantly to the 
success of Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command 
and that that command owes a great deal of grati-
tude to the families and veterans who support the 
mission of that command. 
Æ 
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