Firefighters help bring body of homeless Vietnam Vet home

Fallen Vietnam veteran returns home to family
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011
By Alyssa Spirato

Jacksonville, FL — A fallen Vietnam veteran is brought home for the holidays with the help of the fire department all way in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sandy Battige and her sister Betty live right here in Jacksonville.

After their brother, Wayne Allen Green, a homeless Vietnam vet died a horrific death just a few days after thanksgiving. His family didn’t have the resources to bring his body down to Jacksonville until the beginning of next year, so firefighters in North Las Vegas stepped in to help.

“Through donations from the North Las Vegas fire department, we raised enough money to have his body cremated and flown over here,” says firefighter paramedic Gary Parsons from the North Las Vegas Fire Department.
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