Firefighters save burial flag at fallen sailor's home
Firefighters were able to save the burial flag of a fallen sailor during a fire at his mother’s Cornelius home Tuesday.
Dignity Memorial® Network to Provide Military Burial for Homeless Portland Veteran
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Memorial Park, a member of the Dignity Memorial network, will provide a funeral with full military honors on Jan. 25 at the Willamette National Cemetery ...
Burial for indigent Navy veteran scheduled for Willamette National Cemetery on Wednesday
The Dignity Memorial network of funeral homes has a program to provide burials to vets who die homeless or with no known next of kin. The 1,000th veteran to be buried under the program will be honored Wednesday at Willamette National Cemetery.
Somber burial for young Marine
“He was a young man after God’s own heart, who laid his life down to help a fellow Marine.” — Tony Allen (Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman’s stepfather) By Kelsey Givens A Marine killed in Afghanistan will be remembered best for his loyalty and love of life, friends and family said. Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman, a 2007 Pahrump[...]
Funeral for homeless vet
The burial of a homeless Navy veteran in Portland was the 1,000th in a national program that provides military honors to homeless and indigent vets.
Military burial rites, volunteers subject of event
Twenty-four notes on a bugle. Thirteen folds in a flag. Three rifle volleys fired on command. One last duty rendered to a comrade in arms.
Governor Corbett orders flags to half-staff for Paterno
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has ordered the state's flags lowered to half-staff in honor of legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno. Corbett announced Monday that flags at state facilities would be lowered to half-staff through Paterno's burial. Paterno died Sunday at the age of 85 after a brief battle with lung cancer. The Hall of Fame coach's death has prompted an ...
Crystal Lake Marine honored with military funeral, burial
Capt. Nathan McHone was a good friend, a hard worker, a marine. The 29-year-old gradate of Crystal Lake South High School was laid to rest Sunday with full military honors after his death in a Jan. 19 helicopter crash in Afghanistan .
Flag Lowered to Honor Paterno
Pennsylvania governor orders flag to half-staff in honor of long-time coach.