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Joseph Lemm, NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman killed in Afghanistan, remembered at funeral

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  • New York City Police Department officers carry the coffin of NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman Joseph Lemm into St. Patrick's Cathedral on Dec. 30, 2015 for his funeral Mass. Lemm was one of six American service members who died in a Dec. 21 attack.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • New York City Police Department officers carry the coffin of NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman Det. Joseph G. Lemm into St. Patrick's Cathedral on Dec. 30, 2015 for his funeral Mass. Lemm was one of six American service members who died in a Dec. 21 attack.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Ryan Lemm, 4, son of Det. Joseph G. Lemm, the NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman killed last week in Afghanistan by a suicide bomb, arrives a St. Patrick's Cathedral for his father's funeral Mass on Dec. 30, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Ryan Lemm, 4, son of Det. Joseph G. Lemm, the NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman killed last week in Afghanistan by a suicide bomb, arrives a St. Patrick's Cathedral for the funeral Mass of his father, on Dec. 30, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Ryan Lemm, 4, son of Det. Joseph G. Lemm, the NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman killed last week in Afghanistan by a suicide bomb, arrives a St. Patrick's Cathedral for his father's funeral Mass on Dec. 30, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • New York City Police Department officers gather in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan for the funeral Mass of NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman, Det. Joseph G. Lemm, on Dec. 30, 2015. Lemm was one of six American service members who died in a Dec. 21 attack.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • A St. Patrick's Cathedral funeral Mass on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, for Det. Joseph G. Lemm, the NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman killed last week in Afghanistan by a suicide bomb.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio and Deputy Commissioner John Miller arrive at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Dec. 30, 2015, for the funeral Mass of Det. Joseph G. Lemm, the NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman killed last week in Afghanistan by a suicide bomb.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Outside St. Patrick's Cathedral on Dec. 30, 2015, mourners observe the funeral for Det. Joseph G. Lemm, the NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman killed last week in Afghanistan by a suicide bomb.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Dec. 30, 2015, for the funeral Mass for Det. Joseph G. Lemm, the NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman killed last week in Afghanistan by a suicide bomb.
    Photo Credit: John Roca

Thousands turned out Wednesday to honor a NYPD detective and Air National Guardsmen killed in Afghanistan.

A funeral Mass was held on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for Joseph G. Lemm, who was killed in Afghanistan by a suicide bomb on Dec. 21.

He is survived by his wife and two children.

Scroll down for photos from the funeral.

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