26-06-2016 20:46 via denver.cbslocal.com

Forgotten Veterans Who Died Finally Get Funeral Ceremony

DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Fort Logan National Cemetery honored 30 veterans whose remains have gone unclaimed with a funeral ceremony Saturday in Denver.
The Unclaimed Veterans Remains Ceremony is part of the nationwide Missing In America Project.
(credit: CBS)
Cemetery staff assistant O’Neal Hughes says the veterans’ cremated remains were left at funeral homes, sometimes for decades, and others had no next of kin.
“Many of these remains have been temporarily inurned for many dec
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