
A casket containing the body of Joseph Lemm is carried out of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Uniformed police and U.S. military service officers lined the streets Wednesday for the funeral for Lemm, a U.S. soldier and New York City police detective killed in Afghanistan last week.
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A New York Police Department officer reacts while waiting for the start of the funeral for Joseph Lemm.
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Ryan Lemm, 4, son of Joseph Lemm, salutes as his father’s casket is carried out of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Wife Christine Lemm and daughter Brooke.

The hearse carrying Joseph Lemm makes its way along Fifth Avenue after departing St. Patrick’s.

Ryan is carried by a NYPD officer ahead of the start of his father’s funeral.

Ryan holds a stuffed bear as he sits on his mother’s lap after the funeral.
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Christine and son Ryan sit in a limo after their goodbye.






