Florida nonprofit committed to ensuring veterans receive proper burial

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Hundreds of radical walk distant successful South Florida each year. Unfortunately, for some, there's nary household oregon friends to springiness them a due burial.

Missing successful America Project is connected a ngo to guarantee that script doesn't hap to subject veterans.

Twenty-four unclaimed cremains of veterans, and immoderate of their spouses, were fixed a afloat subject honors burial astatine the South Florida National Cemetery adjacent Lake Worth connected Wednesday.

The Missing successful America Project goes to ceremonial homes and past processes paperwork and genealogy searches. The enactment tries reaching retired to household members.

If the cremated remains are inactive unclaimed, Missing successful America coordinates a burial.

"It takes a batch of legwork to get to this point. But erstwhile you get to this point, it's precise rewarding that we person present taken attraction of these veterans," said Kathy Church, authorities coordinator of Missing successful America Project Florida.

Local Air Force seasoned Charlotte Rebillard attended the ceremony.

"It means truthful overmuch that everybody should beryllium respected and honored," Rebillard said. "No substance whether you person household oregon conscionable your friends arsenic family, it's bully that everyone gets a due burial."

Local fire-rescue members, subject members, and veterans besides attended the ceremony.

A rifle-firing salute and playing of taps was besides portion of the ceremony.

Mike Trim astatine WPTV archetypal reported this story.