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Title
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US Tomb of the Unknown Arlington National Cemetery
Subject
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Military Cemetery
United States
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Description
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World War I brought massive loss of life and many service member's remains were unidentifiable and thus placed in graves designated as unknown. After the creation of Tombs of the Unknown in Great Britain and France, Congress authorized a national memorial for these unknown soldiers in 1921. Four unknown soldier remains were disinterred and one of them was chosen by a World War I veteran US Army Sgt Edward Younger; this special casket was brought back and buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in a special marble tomb. The crypt bears the inscription "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God". With the rise of tourists,since 1937 the US Army has maintained a 24/7 guard which became the responsibility of the 3rd Infantry Division or "Old Guard." After both World War II and the Korean War additional unknown remains were added in adjacent crypts in 1958. In the 1980s amidst controversy, a Vietnam War service person's remains was added, but subsequent pressure by family members and veterans and DNA testing verified the remains as those of Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie in 1998. His family requested his reburial at the National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. The Vietnam War Tomb of the Unknown has never been filled and instead was rededicated as a memorial to all service person's from 1958-1975 who are still missing.
Coverage
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1900-2000
Type
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monument
Creator
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national
Relation
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cemetery
Format
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marble
Date
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1921
Source
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United States Army
Contributor
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Laura M Wood
Rights
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This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Identifier
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<a href="https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier">https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier</a>
Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery
Korean War
Military Cemetery
Tomb of the Unknown
United States
Virginia
World War I
World War II