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A joint services casket team places the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia. The Unknown will lie in state in the Capitol building until Memorial Day, when he will be interred at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery

A joint services casket team removes the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era from a hearse. The Unknown will be flown to Washington, District of Columbia, aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Interment will take place at the Tomb of Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, on Memorial Day, May 28, 1984

A joint services honor guard attends the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era. The Unknown will be placed aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft for transport to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. On Memorial Day the Unknown will be interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery

A joint services casket team loads the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era onto a hearse. The Unknown will be taken to the Capitol, where he will lie in state until Memorial Day, followed by a state funeral and interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Memorial Cemetery

A joint services casket team loads the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era onto a hearse. The Unknown will be taken to the Capitol, where he will lie in state until Memorial Day, followed by a state funeral and interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Memorial Cemetery

A joint services casket team boards the C-141B Starlifter aircraft that transported the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era from Travis Air Force Base, California. The casket team will carry the Unknown off the aircraft and place him into a hearse during an arrival ceremony. He will be taken to the Capitol to lie in state prior to internment at the Tomb of the Unknowns

A joint services casket team prepares to secure the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era on a 3rd Infantry (The Old Guard) caisson during the formation of the funeral procession at the east plaza of the Capitol. The caisson will carry the Unknown to Arlington National Cemetery for a state funeral and internment at the Tomb of the Unknowns

A joint services casket team removes the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era from a hearse and prepares to carry it into the main chapel. The Unknown will lie in repose in the chapel until the morning of May 25th, when he will be placed aboard an aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia

A joint services casket team pauses briefly after carrying the flag-draped casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era from the cargo bay of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during the arrival ceremony on the flight line. The Unknown will be placed into a hearse that will take him to the Capitol, where he will lie in state until Memorial Day

A joint services casket team carries the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era across the runway apron to a C-141B Starlifter aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia. The Unknown will lie in state in the Capitol building until Memorial Day, when he will be interred at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery

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Base: Travis Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

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25/05/1984
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Arlington National Cemetery ,  38.87928, -77.07359
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The U.S. National Archives
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