Army Sgt. Bless E. Sherrill, left, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, presents an American flag to John Hanson, Department Vice Commander-Sussex County, American Legion, Department of New Jersey, during the 38th New Jersey Mission of Honor ceremony at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Wrightstown, New Jersey, Sept. 15, 2022. The cremains of World War I Army veterans Verna W. Hanway and Hans Lauritson; World War II Army veterans’ John Countryman, Robert L. Mabee, Albert T Whi
Army Sgt. Bless E. Sherrill, left, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, presents an American flag to John Hanson, Department Vice Commander-Sussex County, American Legion, Department of New Jersey, during the 38th New Jersey Mission of Honor ceremony at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Wrightstown, New Jersey, Sept. 15, 2022. The cremains of World War I Army veterans Verna W. Hanway and Hans Lauritson; World War II Army veterans’ John Countryman, Robert L. Mabee, Albert T Whiteside, Jr., Elmer A. Willis and World War II Marine Corps veteran Peter Truszkowski, were honored during the ceremony. Some of these cremains had gone unclaimed for as long as 59 years. NJMOH’s mission is to identify, retrieve, and intern the veterans’ cremains. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)
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Keywords: abandoned, cremains, honor, remember, respect, veterans
