By Wendy Leonard and Alex Cabrero
Marci Stevens could hardly contain her emotions Saturday as she and her husband accompanied the remains of 22 previously unidentified veterans to their final resting spot at the Utah Veterans Memorial Park.
“It gives me chills to think of the stories of these men’s lives,” she said. “It’s kind of heartbreaking to think of what might have happened and how they somehow got lost in the shuffle.”
Roger Graves, the Utah coordinator for the nationwide Missing in America Project, said the men are finally receiving the respect and honor they deserve.
“It is an honor to be here,” he said.
Local volunteers pull out all the stops for servicemen and servicewomen who die without loved ones near and who sometimes sit unidentified and unclaimed on mortuary shelves for long periods of time.
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