A memorial ceremony has been held for 25 military veterans whose cremains were left unclaimed by family members. The cremains will be recognized in a ceremony inNew Jerseyand then the ashes will be laid to rest inWashington, in a military cemetery there.<\/p>\n
The unclaimed cremains include those from seven veterans born in the 1830s or ’40s, and may be from the Civil War, There are also cremains from 12 veterans of World War I and as many as ten others from more recent conflicts.<\/p>\n
Francis Carrasco is the chairman of New Jersey Mission of Honor<\/a>, an organization working to reunite unclaimed ashes of veterans with family members or, barring that, a formal burial. Carrasco said that, as a Vietnam vet, he feels he knows what it is like to be disrespected and pushed aside. The unclaimed veterans deserve better.<\/p>\n Most of the 25 military veterans recently interred were left at Garden State Crematorium inNorth (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A memorial ceremony has been held for 25 military veterans whose cremains were left unclaimed by family members. The cremains will be recognized in a ceremony inNew Jerseyand then the ashes will be laid to rest inWashington, in a military…<\/span><\/p>\n