ByĀ Roger Weeder
Seven veterans whose remains were unclaimed and five military spouses were remembered with a special ceremony at the Jacksonville National Cemetery on Friday.
The ceremony marks the sixth one held in Jacksonville since the Missing in America Project pushed to find unclaimed remains and give the veterans proper burials.
“Five of the veterans and five spouses have sat on funeral home shelves dating back as [far as] 1971. One Vietnam veteran-Purple Heart recipientāhis marble urn found in a storage unit,” said Kathy Church, Florida’s director of the Missing in America Project.
The ceremony is well attended with local American Legion posts represented as well as Boy Scouts in attendance with working roles.
Attempts are made to contact family of the veterans, but in many cases next of kin cannot be found or in some cases mail is returned undelivered.
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