Community comes together to bury forgotten veterans

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2 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Honor Guards from Fort Huachuca; Davis Monthan Air Force Base; Navy Operational Support Center, Tucson; and the Marine Corps participate in the interment ceremony Wednesday. Their duties included escorting the Soldiers' remains into the ceremony, fol... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

3 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Alfonso Franco and Staff Sgt. Jasmin Thompson, both assigned to the Fort Huachuca Honor Guard, U.S. Army Garrison, carry the remains of fallen Soldiers into Southern Arizona Veterans' Memorial Cemetery. Saluting in the background is Rod Pieren, ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

4 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – From left: Gene McCullough, Huachuca City council member; John Allmon, Huachuca City fire chief; and Bob Chapman, Huachuca City information technology staff member ,wait outside the Huachuca City Fire Department to salute the interment service proces... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

5 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Liz Bartel, chaplain, with the Missing in America Project, salutes after she gives the final benediction with the Soldiers' remains in their final resting places. MIAP spearheaded the interment service. They help locate, identify and bury unclaimed r... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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7 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Honor guard Soldiers gather by the hearse before the burial ceremony begins. American Heritage Hearse Service carried the cremains of 20 forgotten and unclaimed individual fallen Soldiers from Tucson to Sierra Vista for final interment. The vehicle i... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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Community comes together to bury forgotten veterans

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