Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
Day of Remembrance for POW’s and MIA’s
Adopted by the CCAR at the 98th Annual Convention of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis
1987
WHEREAS the imperative in our tradition of Kevod Hamet
stipulates that families bury their dead and complete the grieving process, and
WHEREAS the War in Vietnam has been concluded for 13 years, and
WHEREAS the remains of 2,400 Americans who fought in that war have not been accounted
for, whose families still experience the pain of incomplete grief,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Central Conference of American Rabbis observes September
19, 1986 as a National Day of Remembrance and Recognition for Prisoners of War and
Soldiers Missing in Action.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the CCAR urges the United States government to request,
on humanitarian grounds, from the Vietnamese government the return of the remains
of those who served the United States in that region.