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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...
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  • Blassie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Freddie Blassie (1918–2003), American professional wrestler and manager Michael Blassie...
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    positively identified in 1998 through DNA testing as First Lieutenant Michael Blassie, United States Air Force, and were removed. Those three graves are...
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    (Using mitochondrial DNA, in 1998, the last unknown was identified as Michael Blassie.) The 54th Quartermaster Company and 111th Quartermaster Company are...
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    Lieutenant Michael Blassie, USAF. After DNA testing confirmed his identity, the remains were removed from the tomb and returned to Blassie's family, but...
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  • musician Michael Blassie (1948–1972), United States Air Force officer Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and former mayor of New York City Michael Blumlein...
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    upon invitation for the National Memorial Service of First Lieutenant Michael Blassie, the first unknown soldier from the Vietnam War to be exhumed and positively...
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    later identified as Air Force First Lieutenant Michael Blassie through the use of DNA identification. Blassie's family asked for his Medal of Honor, but the...
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  • times. He is credited with the research that identified Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie as the Vietnam fatality buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,...
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    (1998). No Way To Pick A President. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0415930314. Michael Forsythe (December 10, 2005). "Eugene McCarthy, 1968 Anti-War Presidential...
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    gains.: 152  During that day an A-37B piloted by First lieutenant Michael Blassie was shot down while providing air support, his body was recovered in...
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  • April 4, 1972. Retrieved February 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. "Michael Blassie unknown no more". National Institutes of Heath. May 3, 2006. Retrieved...
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    14–15, 1978) Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War, later identified as Michael Blassie (May 25–28, 1984) Claude Denson Pepper (June 1–2, 1989) Ronald Reagan...
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    the ARVN 5th Division command post.: 145–50  USAF First Lieutenant Michael Blassie of the 8th Special Operations Squadron was killed when his A-37B Dragonfly...
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    Van Voorhis (1908–1943), US Navy pilot, for action in the Pacific Michael Blassie (1948–1972), previously interred as the "Vietnam unknown soldier" at...
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    Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-09. "Michael Blassie unknown no more". National Institutes of Heath. 2006-05-03. Archived...
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    Lieutenant Michael Blassie, 23, American military officer whose remains were interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from 1984 to 1998. Blassie's A-37B...
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    Succeeded by John Danaher Preceded by Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam Era (Michael Blassie) Persons who have lain in state or honor in the United States Capitol...
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    service member was later identified in 1998 as Air Force Lieutenant Michael Blassie, following mitochondrial DNA testing. After retiring from the military...
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    that the remains were those of United States Air Force 1st Lieutenant Michael Blassie. On September 16, 1999, the marble slab over the now-empty burial vault...
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    format George Michael, sportscaster for The George Michael Sports Machine Nicholas Fandos, journalist for The New York Times Michael Blassie, former unknown...
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  • time) NWA Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Freddie Blassie and Juan Garcia NWA Tri-State NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship...
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  • gospel singer (born 1896) Frank Tashlin, animator (born 1913) May 11 – Michael Blassie, U.S. Air Force lieutenant (born 1948; killed in action) May 13 – Dan...
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    Federation in late 1982, and was paired with manager "Classy" Freddie Blassie. Studd quickly became a monster heel, adopting a gimmick of bringing a...
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    California. His other major opponent in Los Angeles was Fred Blassie. Sheik and Blassie faced off several times, including cage matches in the Grand Olympic...
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    rivalry against Freddie Blassie & Buddy Austin. Despite earning wins over several other teams, they were unable to best Blassie and Austin during this...
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  • with Blassie (1983), in which Andy Kaufman has a discussion over breakfast at a diner with professional wrestling manager "Classy" Freddie Blassie. An...
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  • Richter, The Fabulous Moolah, The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Freddie Blassie and André the Giant (part 2 only); Steven Spielberg; David Wolff (Lauper's...
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    Champion Bearcat Wright faced Freddie Blassie in a bout that Wright was scripted to lose. Instead, Wright headbutted Blassie, dazing him, and then legitimately...
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    Slam along with Lou Albano, Roddy Piper, and cameo appearances by Freddie Blassie, Ric Flair, and Bruno Sammartino. His character Smilac ends up managing...
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