Six honored at Mountain Homes Unaccompanied Veterans Service [Video]

MOUNTAIN HOME, Tenn. (WJJHL) — When a service member or veteran passes away, it’s customary for the military to provide honors for their service. But sometimes they don’t have any family to help, and that’s where their fellow veterans step in.

A rifle salute, playing of Taps, and a flag folding presentation occurred Wednesday, April 17 to give six veterans the recognition they deserve.

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Those veterans are:

“They lose touch with their families or they just don’t have any families left or decisions, they’re being buried here without any honors being performed because there’s no family member. We like to make sure every veteran gets the honors they deserve and are remembered,” said Brian Peterson, the Administrative Officer for Mountain Home National Cemetery and Navy Veteran. “Sometimes the coroner’s office has spent a couple of years trying to locate family members …