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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Funeral for 16 forgotten veterans held for first time in Utah

Funeral for forgotten veterans held for first time in Utah

Published: 8/15 3:47 pm
Reported by: Brian Carlson

RIVERTON, Utah (ABC 4 News) - For the first time, a national group which honors forgotten veterans held a special type of funeral in Utah Monday. The Missing in America Project is remembering 16 military men and women who died in Salt Lake County but no one claimed their bodies.

Monday those that were forgotten are being remembered.

“We adopt them as one of our own today,” said Brig. Gen Michael R. Liechty, National Guard Bureau.

They are the remains of 15 military men and one military woman who all died in Utah, but their bodies were never claimed.

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