Chaplain (CMDR.) Theodore O. Atwood, second from left, gives the final blessing as an officer prepares to scatter the ashes of LT. CMDR. Albert A. Schaufelberger over the ocean during a burial at sea. The Schaufelberger family stands in front of the pilot-house of one of two PB Mark III patrol boats used during the ceremony

Chaplain (CDR) Theodore O. Atwood, second from left, gives the final blessing as an officer prepares to scatter the ashes of LCDR Albert A. Schaufelberger over the ocean during a burial at sea. The Schaufelberger family stands in front of the pilot house of one of two PB Mark III patrol boats used during the ceremony

Chaplain (CMDR.) Theodore O. Atwood, center, gives the final blessing during the burial at sea of LT. CMDR. Albert A. Schaufelberger. Schaufelberger was killed in San Salvador

Virginia Schaufelberger, center, mother of LT. CMDR. Albert A. Schaufelberger, is consoled by a son and two daughters at the conclusion of the burial-at-sea ceremony. Schaufelberger was killed in San Salvador. Chaplain (CMDR.) Theodore O. Atwood, left, presided at the service

The parents of LCDR Albert A. Schaufelberger, who was killed in San Salvador, stand on the deck of a PB Mk III patrol boat as it heads out to sea. Schaufelberger's ashes will be scattered over the ocean during a burial at sea

A seaman aboard a PB Mark III patrol boat prepares to cast a line to another PB Mark III as it comes alongside. The two patrol boats will be moored together to participate in the burial at sea of LCDR Albert A. Schaufelberger. Schaufelberger was killed in San Salvador

Capt. Christopher Bolt, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), left, and Capt. Eric Lindfors, observe Lindfor's father's burial-at-sea ceremony.

Chaplain (CMDR.) Theodore O. Atwood, second from left, gives the final blessing as an officer prepares to scatter the ashes of LT. CMDR. Albert A. Schaufelberger over the ocean during a burial at sea. The Schaufelberger family stands in front of the pilot-house of one of two PB Mark III patrol boats used during the ceremony

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: San Diego

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 James Wallace

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

03/06/1983

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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