Growing numbers of Vietnam veterans are being laid to rest in recent years, and in many cases their families are attending military funerals. Every eligible veteran can receive military funeral honors ...

The playing of Taps on a bugle is perhaps one of the most recognized pieces of music, but at many veterans funerals, mourners usually hear a recording. Korean War veteran Mike Del Vecchio Sr., of ...

Friday, a local homeless Vietnam veteran was laid to rest after being killed in an accident in October. 67-year-old Lester ...

James McCue, 97, served in five major WWII battles, officials said. Scores of strangers came out for the funeral of James McCue, a 97-year-old World War II veteran with no surviving family members, in ...

Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., 90 of Dover plays Taps on his vintage bugle at veterans funerals which he considers a more fitting tribute than a record version that honor guards usually ...

When homeless veterans die without family or friends to claim them, some high school students are helping lay them to rest with honor and respect. “There’s something powerful about seeing a coffin in ...

The ashes of two unclaimed veterans were laid to rest during a public funeral at Pikes Peak National Cemetery Wednesday. EWSN Joseph Gibbs and Army Sgt. Robert Hunt served in the Vietnam War Era in ...

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AUGUSTA, Maine — Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten. Then the funeral home posted a notice asking if anyone would serve as a ...

ST. LOUIS -- The musician lifts a bugle to his mouth, and the 24 notes of taps echo across the cemetery, a sad and stirring call played at veterans' funerals. But beginning today, the Missouri ...

THE SEVEN VETERANS. TO ME, THIS JUST A STORY ABOUT SEVEN MEN THAT WERE LEFT ALONE AND NOBODY KNEW OF THEM. WITH THE CEREMONY BEFITTING HIS SERVICE, THIS VETERAN WAS LAID TO REST AT THE VETERANS ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What types of funeral benefits are available to veterans? My 83-year-old father, who has Alzheimer’s disease, served during the Vietnam War. — Planning Ahead Dear Planning Ahead: ...