Air Force Veteran Had No Family to Bury Him, But Scores of Strangers Paid Respect

Air Force Veteran Had No Family to Bury Him, But Scores of Strangers Paid Respect
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Scores of people gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, on a Friday morning, March 1, to pay respects to a man they didn’t even know—a U.S. Air Force veteran, who would have otherwise been buried alone.

Sergeant Robert Kenneth Wunderlich was scheduled to be buried with full military honors—including the folding of the flag and playing of the taps—at Missouri’s Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery at 10 a.m. on March 1.
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