Washington State Veterans Cemetery's memorial service for the unclaimed remains of 136 veterans
The Washington State Veterans Cemetery is hosting a memorial service for the unclaimed remains of 136 veterans, in collaboration with the Missing in America Project and Service Corporation International.
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A KC-135 flies overhead as members of the Patriot Guard and Combat Vet Riders stand guard around the Washington Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 at a "Forgotten Heroes" ceremony, which honors the burying of the unclaimed remains of military veterans. After military honors, the veterans remains are stored until they can be placed in a columbarium wall at a later date. Volunteers will continue to collect remains from funeral homes and verify that veterans are eligible for interment in a veterans cemetery.
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A member of the honor guard from Fairchild Air Force Base places the brass from the gun salute in front of several of the urns and folded flags of veterans being presented for burial Wednesday at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery.
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Lynn Lake talks about her involvement in the Missing In America Project a volunteer effort to identify unclaimed human remains of veterans that are rescued from the shelves of funeral homes and similar places Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 at the Washington Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake. Around her are other veterans who are each carrying unclaimed remains of veterasnthat have been approved for burial in a veterans' cemetery.
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The honor guard from Fairchild Air Force Base fires a gun salute at the Washington Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake cemetery Wednesday, November 16, 2022. The cemetery regularly holds a “forgotten heroes” ceremony after the unclaimed remains of veterans have been located and approved for burial in a veterans’ cemetery. More than 100 sets of remains were brought to Medical Lake Wednesday for the Forgotten Heroes ceremony.
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Veterans line up Wednesday outside a hearse and carry the cremated but unclaimed remains of veterans, some more than a century old, to the office at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake. They will be stored until they can be placed in a columbarium wall at a later date.
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