Homeless veterans still honored with military funeral

Homeless veterans still honored with military funeral
Mar 26, 2011 (KSWB-TV - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Balboa Park, Calif-- Two homeless veterans were buried in a full military service at Veterans Museum and Memorial Center at Balboa Park.

"We bring them in here and we adopt them into our family, then we bury them," said David Brown, a veteran and organizer of the monthly funerals.

Once a month, San Diego county veterans groups hold memorial services for indigent veterans. Saturday Edward Loux, who served in the US Army and Charles Schulken, who served in the US Navy, were laid to rest.

"It 's only right that we take care of our own, our own brothers and our sisters," said Thomas Mowery. Mowery served in the US Army 1980-83 and now volunteers as a pallbearer.

"These people dedicated their services to this country and they deserve our respect," said Mowery.
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Homeless veterans still honored with military funeral