A USAF Color Guard presents the Colors, as a Team of Pallbearers carry the remains of USAF Lieutenant Michael Blassie from the USAF MC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 8th Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida parked on the flight line at Scott AFB, Illinois. George Blassie the brother of Lieut

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A USAF Color Guard presents the Colors, as a Team of Pallbearers carry the remains of USAF Lieutenant Michael Blassie from the USAF MC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 8th Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida parked on the flight line at Scott AFB, Illinois. George Blassie the brother of Lieutenant Blassie, accompanied the remains of Lieutenant Blassie, which are being returned to his family after lying unidentified for fourteen years in the Tomb of the Unknowns.

1998

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Denoris A. Mickle Release Status: Released to Public

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Blassie, Michael Joseph, 1948-1972

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Michael Joseph Blassie (April 4, 1948 – May 11, 1972) was a United States Air Force officer who was killed in action during the Vietnam War in May 1972. Prior to the identification of his remains, Blassie was the unknown service member from the Vietnam War buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. After his remains were identified by DNA testing in 1998, his remains were moved to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in South St. Louis County, Missouri. ...