American Legion Riders and Dignity Memorial bury 2 more veterans with honor

Program provides 2 homeless vets with military funeral
WICHITA, Kansas – Two Wichita veterans were laid to rest Thursday with full military honors. The men were both homeless with no money and no next of kin who could make funeral arrangements. But a program is taking charge in making sure homeless vets receive proper burial.

"These men stepped up, served our country honorably and they deserve the respect and the love,” said Ron Herndon with the American Legion Riders.

Navy veteran Franklin Myers and Marine veteran Kenneth Calhoun were honored for their service to the country flanked by American Legion Riders and active servicemen and women paying their final respects.

"We honor them for everything that they did and they deserve the total respect of what we do,” said Herndon.

Calhoun and Myers had both fallen on hard times. Both were homeless with nothing to pay for a burial and no legal next of kin to make funeral arrangements. But Thursday, they were given full military funeral services through the Dignity Memorial Homeless Veterans Burial Program.
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Program provides 2 homeless vets with military funeral