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The U.S. Navy veteran died Dec. 1 in hospice care at age 97, according to his obituary, and Lebanon, New Hampshire resident Kevin Dougherty, one of more than 200 attendees at the funeral.
A military funeral in the United States is a memorial or burial rite conducted by the United States Armed Forces for a Soldier, Marine, Sailor, Airman, Guardian or Coast Guardsman who died in battle, a veteran, or other prominent military figures or a president.
Hundreds of strangers attended the Friday afternoon funeral of a 78-year-old man who served in the Vietnam War but died homeless and without family.
The presentation of military funeral honors is physically and emotionally demanding, Rolf said. "The emotional toll weighs on that honor guard, and it is tough to get enough volunteers to do it ...
After the funeral in Washington, D.C., Carter's remains were driven by motorcade to Joint Base Andrews and were transported on a military flight under the same call sign from Joint Base Andrews to Lawson Army Airfield at Fort Moore in Columbus, Georgia. Upon arrival back in Georgia, Carter's remains traveled by motorcade to Maranatha Baptist ...
Gray was born on June 22, 1928, in Rahway, New Jersey, the son of Emily and Alfred Mason Gray. [3] The family moved to the Jersey Shore community of Point Pleasant Beach. [4]
Afterward, the funeral procession made its way to Newark Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton carried the flag-draped casket between two rows of flowers ...
A military funeral is a memorial or burial rite given by a country's military for a soldier, sailor, marine or airman who died in battle, a veteran, ...