Parnell soon turned the remains over to the Saigon mortuary, along with the ID card and other items. Captain Parnell wrapped the remains, and the other items found at the crash site, in plastic and held them overnight. The name he read on the ID card was Air Force Lt. Parnell, who was then serving as an operations officer at An Loc. The ARVN turned the remains and the other crash site items over to Captain William C. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citationįive months after the shoot down an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) patrol inspected the crash site and retrieved partial skeletal remains, an ID card, dog tags, a wallet containing a family picture, part of a flight suit, and the remnant of a pistol holster. Blassie died when his A-37B Dragonfly was shot down near An Lộc in what was then South Vietnam. He subsequently qualified as an A-37 Dragonfly pilot and served as a member of the 8th Special Operations Squadron, deployed to Southeast Asia. He then attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force Base, receiving his aeronautical rating as an Air Force pilot in 1971. Louis University High School he entered the United States Air Force Academy, graduating in 1970. Louis County, Missouri.īlassie was born in St. After his remains were identified by DNA testing in 1998, they were reburied at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St.
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. Michael Joseph Blassie (Ap– May 11, 1972) was a United States Air Force officer who was killed in action during the Vietnam War in May 1972. Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (since 1998)
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