25 years ago the remains of an American soldier from the Vietnam War in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were identified as Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Blassie. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens ...

Once buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., the remains of Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Blassie became the unknown service member from the ...

The remains of an unidentified American serviceman from the Vietnam War, buried beneath the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery 14 years ago, are no longer unknown. They have been ...

In 1998, the remains of Vietnam’s Unknown Soldier were revealed through DNA analysis to be Air Force First Lieutenant Michael Blassie, who was shot down during a 1972 bombing mission near An Loc ...

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery was dedicated on Nov. 11, 1921. ... Later, those remains were identified as Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie.

The Unknown Soldier arrived in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 9 and was lain in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Then, on Nov. 11, ... Later, those remains were identified as Air Force 1st Lt. Michael ...

Solving a solemn mystery once thought beyond human reach, military experts have concluded that the Vietnam-era remains contained in the Tomb of the Unknowns belong to Air Force 1st Lt. Michael ...

Sometime soon, a construction crane may lift several tons of granite, concrete and marble at one of the nation’s most hallowed sites, the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery i… ...

A sacred part of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier usually only visited by presidents and foreign ... soldier’s family after he was identified as Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie, ...

Now, 100 years after the first entombment, Blassie’s exhumation is part of a broader challenge to “the nationalist ideology” that the tombs represent, said Michael J. Allen, a history ...

Michael Blassie was 24 years old when he was shot down while flying his A-37 Dragonfly in the Battle of An Loc in 1972. His remains and a few artifacts ... Lost, then found: Sister of Vietnam ...