Military Funeral Honors with Funeral Escort for U.S. Air Force Captain Julius Fluhr, Jr. in Section 37 of Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, March 28, 2025 - 12

Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard and the U.S. Air Force Band’s Ceremonial Brass conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Air Force Capt. Julius Fluhr, Jr. in Section 37 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Friday, March 28, 2025. This was a memorial service as Fluhr’s remains have never been recovered. His memorial marker will be placed in Memorial Section H at ANC. From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA): Fluhr entered the U.S. Air Force in November 1947 and during the Korean War, he was assigned to the 68th Fighter All Weather Squadron, 314th Air Division, 6160th Air Base Wing. About two hours after midnight on March 14, 1951, an F-28G Twin Mustang departed Itazuke Air Base, Japan, with Fluhr as the pilot and another aviator. The briefed mission was a night armed reconnaissance operation patrolling the road between Seoul and Kaesong. The planned route to the target area was from Itazuke, to Taegu, to Seoul. On that day, communist forces were in the process of retreating from Seoul for the second time. The first leg of the flight was uneventful. Approximately one hour after take-off, the crew checked in with the air controlle

Date

2025

Photographer / author

Arlington National Cemetery

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

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photograph

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