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Military Funeral to be held for 13 unclaimed Nevada veterans

Event Date: 
December 8, 2017 - 2:00pm

There will be a public military funeral for 13 unclaimed Nevada veterans on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, 2 p.m. at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley.

This will be the sixth "Missing in Nevada" mission by the Nevada Veterans Coalition to ensure the veterans receive the honor and burial they were promised through their military service. According to the Nevada Veterans Coalition the names of the veterans are as follows:

Thomas Anderson (1920 - 1977) served in the US Army 1940 - 1945 WWII
James Betancourt (1926 - 1993) served in the US Navy 1944 - 1944 WWII
John Bohm (1925 - 1979) served in the US Navy 1942 - 1946 WWII
James Brady (1915 - 1972) served in the US Army 1942 - 1946 WWII
Joe Brown (1905 - 1987) served in the US Army 1942 - 1944 WWII
Dale Carrigan (1950 - 1986) served in the US Army 1968 - 1970 Vietnam
George Carson (1917 - 2004) served in the US Army 1944 - 1946 WWII
Paul Cole (1937 - 1997) served in the USAF 1954 - 1962 Korean
Willie Crumpler (1902 - 1977) served in the US Army 1942 - 1943 WWII
Howard Davis (1909 - 1990) served in the US Army 1944 - 1946 WWII
Edgar Erickson (1920 - 1992) served in the US Army 1940 - 1945 WWII
Sherwood Jerome (1926 - 1992) served in the US Army 1944 - 1954 WWII
Clyde Matthews (1906 - 1990) served in the US Navy/US ARNG 1926-1936/1940-1943 WWII

The Nevada Veterans Coalition is donating its bus and driver to carry and escort the cremated remains to the cemetery. The Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery is located at 14 Veterans Way.

The Coalition would like to thank Walton's Funerals and Cremations for providing a database Coalition members were able to work from; the National Personnel Records Center and their team of researchers; all Coalition members who spent countless volunteer hours of research; the Coalition Honor Guard and various other escorts; and the staff at Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery for guiding the Coalition through the proper procedures to get the veterans home, fulfilling a promise.

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