TSGT US ARMY WWII
UNCLAIMED CREMAINS CEREMONY
June 25, 2016
MILITARY INTERMENT
FORT LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETERY
DENVER, COLORADO
Forgotten vets finally get funeral ceremony
by the Associated Press
Denver - Fort Logan National Cemetery honored 30 veterans whose remains have gone unclaimed with a funeral ceremony Saturday in Denver, including veteran's whose cremated remains were left at funeral homes and others who had no next of kin.
Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the service's guest speaker, said remains also may go unclaimed because families forgot about them, or don't know their relatives are eligible for a military burial.
"In my mind, (they're) almost MIA, because they just sat there," Edwards said. "Each of them has a story. I only wish we knew their full story."
A crowd of about 80 people showed up. The names of the dead were read, followed by the rank, branch and war in which they served, going back as far as World War II.
Service members located the veterans' urns on a table and declared them "present", and a bell would ring. The remains were marked with engraved marble plates.
Stan Paprocki, president of Chapter 1071 of the Vietnam Veterans Association, said it took the chapter more than a year to assemble the remains for the service.
He said the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs helped identify the remains.
The Unclaimed Veterans Remains Ceremony is part of the nationwide Missing In America Project. Another 36 veterans will be honored at another service in about two months.
Published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, June 26, 2016.
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 28 Feb 1941
Release Date 1: 3 May 1944
UNCLAIMED CREMAINS CEREMONY
June 25, 2016
MILITARY INTERMENT
FORT LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETERY
DENVER, COLORADO
Forgotten vets finally get funeral ceremony
by the Associated Press
Denver - Fort Logan National Cemetery honored 30 veterans whose remains have gone unclaimed with a funeral ceremony Saturday in Denver, including veteran's whose cremated remains were left at funeral homes and others who had no next of kin.
Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the service's guest speaker, said remains also may go unclaimed because families forgot about them, or don't know their relatives are eligible for a military burial.
"In my mind, (they're) almost MIA, because they just sat there," Edwards said. "Each of them has a story. I only wish we knew their full story."
A crowd of about 80 people showed up. The names of the dead were read, followed by the rank, branch and war in which they served, going back as far as World War II.
Service members located the veterans' urns on a table and declared them "present", and a bell would ring. The remains were marked with engraved marble plates.
Stan Paprocki, president of Chapter 1071 of the Vietnam Veterans Association, said it took the chapter more than a year to assemble the remains for the service.
He said the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs helped identify the remains.
The Unclaimed Veterans Remains Ceremony is part of the nationwide Missing In America Project. Another 36 veterans will be honored at another service in about two months.
Published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, June 26, 2016.
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 28 Feb 1941
Release Date 1: 3 May 1944
TSGT US ARMY WWII
UNCLAIMED CREMAINS CEREMONY
June 25, 2016
MILITARY INTERMENT
FORT LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETERY
DENVER, COLORADO
Forgotten vets finally get funeral ceremony
by the Associated Press
Denver - Fort Logan National Cemetery honored 30 veterans whose remains have gone unclaimed with a funeral ceremony Saturday in Denver, including veteran's whose cremated remains were left at funeral homes and others who had no next of kin.
Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the service's guest speaker, said remains also may go unclaimed because families forgot about them, or don't know their relatives are eligible for a military burial.
"In my mind, (they're) almost MIA, because they just sat there," Edwards said. "Each of them has a story. I only wish we knew their full story."
A crowd of about 80 people showed up. The names of the dead were read, followed by the rank, branch and war in which they served, going back as far as World War II.
Service members located the veterans' urns on a table and declared them "present", and a bell would ring. The remains were marked with engraved marble plates.
Stan Paprocki, president of Chapter 1071 of the Vietnam Veterans Association, said it took the chapter more than a year to assemble the remains for the service.
He said the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs helped identify the remains.
The Unclaimed Veterans Remains Ceremony is part of the nationwide Missing In America Project. Another 36 veterans will be honored at another service in about two months.
Published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, June 26, 2016.
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 28 Feb 1941
Release Date 1: 3 May 1944
UNCLAIMED CREMAINS CEREMONY
June 25, 2016
MILITARY INTERMENT
FORT LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETERY
DENVER, COLORADO
Forgotten vets finally get funeral ceremony
by the Associated Press
Denver - Fort Logan National Cemetery honored 30 veterans whose remains have gone unclaimed with a funeral ceremony Saturday in Denver, including veteran's whose cremated remains were left at funeral homes and others who had no next of kin.
Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the service's guest speaker, said remains also may go unclaimed because families forgot about them, or don't know their relatives are eligible for a military burial.
"In my mind, (they're) almost MIA, because they just sat there," Edwards said. "Each of them has a story. I only wish we knew their full story."
A crowd of about 80 people showed up. The names of the dead were read, followed by the rank, branch and war in which they served, going back as far as World War II.
Service members located the veterans' urns on a table and declared them "present", and a bell would ring. The remains were marked with engraved marble plates.
Stan Paprocki, president of Chapter 1071 of the Vietnam Veterans Association, said it took the chapter more than a year to assemble the remains for the service.
He said the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs helped identify the remains.
The Unclaimed Veterans Remains Ceremony is part of the nationwide Missing In America Project. Another 36 veterans will be honored at another service in about two months.
Published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, June 26, 2016.
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 28 Feb 1941
Release Date 1: 3 May 1944
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