KDVR – there is a base in the army: no man left behind.
For the old veterans in America, Chapter 1071, this rule extends beyond the battlefield.
“A lot of work goes to this matter and is rewarding,” said Stan Buruke, head of the separation of the memorial ceremonies held on Wednesday in the Fort Lugan Cemetery. The service contracts were made. The burning remains of 11 veterans were placed in Colorado who have been forgotten and abandoned.
“Today we had three veterans in World War II, three veterans in the Korean War and four veterans in Vietnam,” said Bill Bridges, Director of the Honor Burial Program.
With the absence of a family or friends who claim their burning remains when they died, their tractor collected dust on a local funeral shelf for decades.
“Several reasons I conducted are that families cannot decide what to do with their loved ones (at the time of their death),” Bridges said.
Among those who were neglected on Wednesday, Ben Borton Balasley, who is ancient of the Air Force warriors, died in 2013 at the age of 81. No one demanded his remains. Gary Wayne Waket from Etone, who died in 1984 at the age of only 48 years. He survived his wife and children, but for some reason, his remains remained in the funeral home.
The Vietnam Veterame’s Branch works in America with Colorado for Mortuz for a period of nine years, which helps in searching on uncomplicated remains, identifying any of them from the veterans, and arranging a suitable military service for those who served their country.
“This leads us to a total of 158 veterans who were able to find that he was left in the funeral homes up and down in the front range,” Bridges said.
Last year, Fox31 went behind the scenes with ancient veterans in Vietnam to document the process of identifying the veterans whose remains were abandoned in the role of the local funeral. You can see our report here.