First man to walk on moon to be buried at sea

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Updated: 9/06/2012 5:44 pm
SAN ANTONIO - Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon's surface will buried at sea.

Family members said the Apollo 11 astronaut's last request was to be buried at sea.

Armstrong, a former Navy aviator, flew 78 combat missions off the deck of an aircraft carrier during the Korean War. 

He died last month at the age of 82.

NASA has scheduled a public memorial service for Armstrong at the National Cathedral in Washington on September 13.

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