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    The Honor Guard prepares to fold the flag during services for Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Blassie.

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    The Honor Guard prepares to fold the flag during services for Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Blassie.

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    07.10.1998

    Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Anton Wendler 

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    Members of the Air Force Honor Guard prepare to fold the flag during funeral services honoring U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Blassie on July 11, 1998, at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, south of St. Louis, Mo. The Blassie family laid Michael to rest after 14 years of being in the Tomb of the Unknowns as the Vietnam Unknown. Blassie was flying an A-37 attack aircraft when he was shot down near An Loc, South Vietnam on May 11, 1972, at the age of 24.

    (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Seyer, U.S. Air Force.)

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    Date Taken: 07.10.1998
    Date Posted: 07.27.2025 11:57
    Photo ID: 9208598
    VIRIN: 980711-N-UF271-8660
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