AIR COMMANDO 2 Blassie, Michael Joseph

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Blassie ​

• FORENAME

Michael Joseph ​

• UNIT

8 Special Operations Squadron (377 A.B. Wing) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

490526882 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

11th May 1972 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery,St Louis,Missouri Section 85 Site 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from St Louis,Missouri​

born 4.4.1948​

single​

graduated USAF Academy 1970​

pilot​

A-37B Dragonfly (69-6345)​

KIA in vicinity of An Loc,Binh Long Province,South Vietnam​

remains recovered as unknown 2.11.1972​

originally buried in Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Tomb of the Unknowns​

remains identified 8.7.1998​

reburied in present grave 11.7.1998​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01W Line 23​

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