In early July 2025, Con Co Border Guard Station (Quang Tri province) organized a "Thanksgiving Temple" activity in Dong Luat village, Vinh Hoang commune - where the unit sponsored policy families.
During the discussion with local authorities, border guards learned about the case of Mr. Tran Du Khoe (born in 1963), whose father was Mr. Tran Mo, a soldier who participated in transporting goods and supplying Con Co Island during the resistance war against the US. Mr. Mo has sacrificed, but for more than half a century, his family still does not know where his grave or place of residence is.
Mr. Khoe shared that over the past decades, his family has been going to many places to investigate, knocking on the doors of many units, and searching for clues, but all of them have fallen into dead ends.
After receiving the information, Con Co Border Guard Station urgently searched and compared the list of martyrs whose names were engraved at the Monument on Con Co Island. Here, the unit identified the name of martyr Tran Mo (born on May 29, 1965). This match the information provided by Mr. Khoe.
Immediately, Con Co Border Guard Station informed Mr. Tran Du Khoe to verify.
Hearing this information, Mr. Khoe burst into tears. The man was past the age of six, his hair was gray, his eyes blurred from tears, bursting into emotion. Knowing the difficult circumstances of Mr. Khoe's family, Con Co Border Guard Station supported all travel, accommodation, and living expenses and sent officers to directly take Mr. Khoe and his relatives to the island.
At the Monument to the Heroes and Martyrs of Con Co Island, where 104 martyrs were recorded for their fallen in the war to protect the island from 1964 to 1972, Mr. Khoe calmly stood in front of a stele engraved with his father's name, holding hands, tears still falling.
Mr. Khoe choked up, expressing his deep gratitude for the noble gesture and dedicated help of the officers and soldiers of Con Co Border Guard Station.
"My family has gone to many places and for many years still hasn't found them. Thanks to the border guards, our family has found a place to bury and register our father. We are very grateful to you! - Mr. Khoe was moved.
Lieutenant Colonel Le Quoc Hoc, Head of Con Co Border Guard Station, said that supporting relatives to find clues of martyrs is not only an act of serving the people but also a deep gratitude for the noble sacrifices of previous generations.
The above gesture is a testament to the spirit of " use gratitude", affirming the close role of the Border Guard in the people at the border of the Fatherland. That is also a vivid demonstration of the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers in peacetime: dedication, affection, and service to the people.
At the end of July, on the windy Con Co island, the story of finding a martyr father of Mr. Tran Du Khoe is like a touching moment of silence in the immortal epic about those who have passed away for peace today. On the occasion of the whole country's attention to the War Invalids - Martyrs Day on July 27, that gesture added sacredness and reminded that the bones of our ancestors will never be forgotten, still lying there on the shore of the Fatherland.
Con Co Island - the outpost island of the Fatherland, where the heroic and bones of the generation of ancestors were imprinted, fell for the independence and freedom of the nation. The war to protect Con Co island in 1964-1972 was an immortal heroic song, many cadres, soldiers, and youth volunteers sacrificed their lives bravely while on combat duty, transporting goods, supplying food and ammunition.
