More than 50 years after losing their lives in the Vietnam War, three Sailors were finally honored for their sacrifice.
The Sailors are among 2,503 service members whose names are etched in the marble walls of the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. On Sept. 20, 2024, their family members placed a bronze rosette next to their names to symbolize the recovery and identification of their remains. The rosette ceremony was part of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which is observed nationally and globally on the third Friday of September. The observance is hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to remember American service members who were prisoners of war and those who are still missing and unaccounted for. “Our country’s commitment is that we will never ever stop looking because each and every single individual American is important in our democracy,” explained Hon. Charles K. Djou, secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), host of the rosette ceremony.
![Navy Families Honor Fallen Service Members at POW/MIA Recognition Day Rosette Ceremony]()
