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The 3rd U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard) horse-drawn caisson carries the coffin of LCDR James T. Ruffin to the burial site at Arlington National Cemetery. Ruffin was listed as missing-in-action after failing to return from flying a mission off the coast of North Vietnam on Feb. 18, 1966

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Arlington

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Lane Smith

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

09/07/1983
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Location

Arlington National Cemetery ,  38.87928, -77.07359
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The U.S. National Archives
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https://catalog.archives.gov/
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