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Military Funerals and Honors

Ceremonial images capturing military funerals and honors, showcasing solemn moments with flags, horse-drawn carriages, and uniformed personnel in a respectful setting.

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Rex A. Rooker, right, a retired Army veteran with the American Legion Auxiliary Post 57 and Charles S. Jenkins Jr., left, a retired Army veteran with the American Legion Auxiliary Post 88, disseminate American flags across gravesites at Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Virginia, May 27, 2022. The Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, opened in 2004 as a resting place for more than 12,750 veterans and their family members. In honor of Memorial Day Americans gather to pay respect and reflect on exceptional valor military members have made to defend the freedoms of the U.S.

The Indiana National Guard supported the 152nd Crown Hill Memorial Service, May 30, 2022 at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Ind. The ceremony included keynote speaker, retired Marine Cpl. Josh Bleill, a joint-service color guard, the 38th Infantry Division band, a wreath laying ceremony and a 21-gun Howitzer cannon salute.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly participates in a Public Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 18, 2023. U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)

The US Air Force (USAF) Honor Guard fires a traditional 21 gun salute after escorting the remains of US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Howard W. Cannon (RET), to the Arlington National Cemetery, where he is being buried with full military honors. MGEN Cannon was a former senator to the state of Nevada. Base: Arlington National Cemetery State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

State Funeral of President Kennedy: Requiem Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral and burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Officials and foreign dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Those pictured include: President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Chancellor of West Germany, Ludwig Erhard; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; King Baudouin of Belgium; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of France, General Charles Ailleret; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Paul-Henri Spaak; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers,

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), along with service members from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, place U.S. flags at every gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as part of Flags-In, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2022.On this day, over 1,000 service members placed flags at more than 250,000 headstones and at the bottom of about 7,000 niche rows at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers and Airmens Home National Cemetery.

A female military Marine posing in a military uniform with a folded American flag

RADM Theodore C. Lockhart, left, commander, South Atlantic Force, is joined by two Chilean naval officers and an unidentified woman as he pays his respects at a marker dedicated to the 58 men who died aboard the United States frigate ESSEX when the ship was attacked by two British warships in the city's harbor on March 28, 1814. Lockhart is in Valparaiso as commander of the United States units taking part in the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXXII. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile(CHL)

U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) drape a flag over a casket at a disinterment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 11, 2022. The disinterred remains were transferred to the DPAA laboratory for identification. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our Nation.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in Flags-In, where Soldiers placed U.S. flags at the headstones and niche of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Over 250,000 flags were planted at the final resting place of our Nation's fallen.

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A KC-135 Stratotanker flies over the Washington State Veterans Cemetery during the memorial for retired Col. Mark Fischer, former 141st vice wing commander, October 14, 2022 in Medical Lake, Wash. Col. Fischer passed away following his battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma on October 7, 2022.

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U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Julian Cubillos, quality assurance chief, Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1), receives a going away gift during his retirement ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, April 1, 2022. Cubillos retired after 20 years of service in the Marine Corps.

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Members of the Iowa Air National Guard salute as a flag draped coffin passes by at the funeral of former 185th Commander Col. Warren G.Bud Nelson at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa on October 14, 2022. Nelson was the last World War II veteran to serve as 185th Commander when he retired in 1980, he passed this week away at the age of 97. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot 185th ARW Wing PA

240202-N-ED228-1010 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 2, 2024) Airman Lakara Burt, from West Palm Beach, Fla., holds the national ensign in preparations of colors on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is currently moored pierside at Naval Air Station North Island. Navy

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Sergio Nava, the Big Bend Sector Honor Guard Commander, shown saluting during the Bend Area Law Enforcement Officers Association memorial to fallen officers on May 25, 2022, on the campus of Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. Nava is responsible for training Big Bend Sector honor guard personnel and leads them during ceremonies.

Honor guard horse casket carriers lead the procession at the Arlington National Cemetery during the burial services of GEN. Daniel (Chappie) James. The funeral was conducted in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Catholic University. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A contingent from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the commemoration of former President Franklin D. Roosevelts 142nd birthday Jan. 30 in Hyde Park, N.Y. The annual wreath laying event celebrates the life and service of the former president, which is held in the rose garden at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum, hosted by the National Park Service at the home of the FDR National Historic Site. USMA Dean of the Academic Board Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves placed a Presidential Wreath on the behalf of President Joseph R. Biden in honor of FDR at the event. Reeves also made brief remarks at the ceremony.

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1978 - Funeral of a fallen soldier is being conducted in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception of Catholic University. Honor guard pallbearers watch over the casket on an aisle.

The Air Force Honor Guard folds the flag from the coffin of Michael Hammer, killed in San Salvador while assigned there as AFL-CIO labor specialist for the State Department, during the graveside service at Arlington National Cemetery. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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The flag that draped the casket of former NASA astronaut Captain Bruce McCandless II, USN (Ret.) is folded during his interment service, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.

U.S. Navy Lt. Ryan Mallek, a chaplain assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, receives the casket holding the remains of U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Eugene Miller during a funeral ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 16, 2024. In 1946, as part of post-war efforts to recover missing soldiers, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company centralized all of the possible remains found in Tarawa at Lone Palm Cemetery for later repatriation. The 94 sets of possible remains that were recovered but could not be identified were buried as unknowns at the NMCP in Honolulu. In July 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) disinterred the grave and sent the remains to the DPAA laboratory for forensic analysis. The laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established the remains as those of Pvt. Miller.

A US Air Force member holds the POW/MIA flag in front of a flag draped coffin at a full honor funeral for US Air Force Second Lieutenant Richard Vandegeer at Arlington National Cemetery on October 27, 2000. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), along with service members from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, place U.S. flags at every gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as part of Flags-In, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2022.On this day, over 1,000 service members placed flags at more than 250,000 headstones and at the bottom of about 7,000 niche rows at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers and Airmens Home National Cemetery.

The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, the U.S. Air Force Ceremonial Brass Band, and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Air Force Col. (ret.) Charles Vasiliadis in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 9, 2023.Vasiliadis served in the Air Force for 30 years and was a highly decorated fighter pilot. A Vietnam veteran, he earned two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, five Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Purple Heart, and 30 Air Medals.Vasiliadis son, Douglas, received the flag from his fathers funeral service.

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Members of the 149th Fighter Wing held a prayer service at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas on May 26, 2022 in honor of the victims of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. The prayer service was led by Chaplain Major Victor Pagan and was open to group prayer led by various members in attendance. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Mancuso)

Soldiers assigned to the 3655th Classification and Inspection Company and the 3654th Support Maintenance Company, Iowa Army National Guard, salute as funeral and visitation services for Sgt. Koby Clary are concluded outside Southeast Warren High School in Liberty City, Iowa, on April 15, 2022. Clary deployed with the 3654th SMC in 2021 and was quickly promoted to sergeant for his dedication and leadership skills. He passed away in a vehicle accident on April 9, 2022. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Staff Sgt. Tawny Schmit)

Marines from the The Presidents Own Marine Band, Marines from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. (8th and I), and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Brendan ODonnell in Section 83 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Oct. 14, 2022.ODonnell entered the Marine Corps in October of 1950 and fought in the Korean War as a second lieutenant. By early April 1951, ODonnell had become a platoon leader in Company D, 2nd Battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment, supporting the Armys 1st Cavalry Division. His platoon was fighting to the Kansas Line, along the 38th parallel the dividing line between North and South Korea. On April 10, 1951, ODonnells platoon spearheaded a company-sized attack on an enemy ridgeline, killing 27, wounding 35 and capturing seven. As enemy fire rained in from the adjacent hills, he constantly exposed himself while setting up a defensive position. Mortars t

NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock lays a wreath at the grave marker of Roger Chaffee from Apollo 1 as part of National Wreaths Across America Day, Sat., Dec. 14, 2019 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. National Wreaths Across America Day is held annually to celebrate the lives of military veterans and wreaths are placed at the foot of every headstone. Wheelock honored those who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration as well as fellow service members.

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Commander Air Mobility Command, General Ronald R. Fogelman, pins a Purple Heart on one of the nineteen caskets containing the remains of U.S. military service members killed in the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia bombing. The June 27, 1996 memorial services are at Dover air Force Base, Delaware. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

USA, Virginia, Arlington. An American military officer passes the Guarded Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery.

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Family, friends, Marines, and guests pay their respects to U.S. Marine Corps CWO4 Hershel "Woody" Williams during the West Virginia State Memorial services in the State Capitol Rotunda, July 2, 2022 in Charleston, W.Va. Born on October 2, 1923, in Quiet Dell, WV, Woody enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve on May 26, 1943, and advanced to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 4 before his retirement in 1969 after 17 years of service. During WWII, Woody served in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, and Guam before landing in Iwo Jima where his actions earned him the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death on June 29, 2022, he was the last living World War II Medal of Honor recipient.

Veterans Day ceremony and aftermath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne delivered the opening remarks, and joined participating dignitaries including the former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, along with Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Founder and President Jan Scruggs, Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation Founder and President Diane Carlson Evans, Mary "Edie" Meeks of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, William Hansen of Lockheed Martin, and William Murdy of Comfort Systems. Ceremony, co-hosted by the Memorial Fund and the National Park Service, highlighted the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Timothy LaBarge, commander of the New York Air National Guard and assistant adjutant general of New York, and New York State Command Chief Master Sgt. Maureen Dooley salute after presenting a wreath from President Donald Trump at the grave of President Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook, N.Y. on his 237th birthday, Dec. 5, 2019.The sitting president sends a wreath to the presented each year on their birthday at their graves of every previous president.

FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (July 28, 2015) Police officers and Sailors render honors as the remains of Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Randall Smith are placed into a hearse after a service at First Baptist Church in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Smith will be laid to rest at the Chattanooga National Cemetery.

The Air Force Honor Guard carries the casket of Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., June 17, 2022. McGee, a Tuskegee Airman, died Jan. 16, 2022 at the age of 102. He served 30 years during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in Flags-In, where Soldiers placed U.S. flags at the headstones and niche of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Over 250,000 flags were planted at the final resting place of our Nation's fallen. (U.S. Army photos by: Cpl. Gabriel J. Bacchus)

FFSecretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz pay their respects Oct. 3, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., during the full-honors funeral of retired Maj. Gen. John Alison. Alison was a war hero and founding father of the Air ForceÕs special operations forces, having served with the Flying TigersÕ 75th Fighter Squadron and the 1st Air Commando Group during World War II.

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, retire the colors during the 80th annual Evening Colors Ceremony at the Santa Margarita Ranch House on Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 15, 2022. The ceremony was held to commemorate the official dedication of Camp Pendleton, which took place in September 1942. The base was named after Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Pendleton, who had long advocated for a West Coast training base to be established.

A contingent from the U.S. Military Academy participated in the commemoration of former President Franklin D. Roosevelts 142nd birthday Jan. 30 in Hyde Park, N.Y. The annual wreath laying event celebrates the life and service of the former president, which is held in the rose garden at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum, hosted by the National Park Service at the home of the FDR National Historic Site. USMA Dean of the Academic Board Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves placed a Presidential Wreath on the behalf of President Joseph R. Biden in honor of FDR at the event. Reeves also made brief remarks at the ceremony.

Terrence OGrady and family receive condolences from Marines during the burial ceremony of Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer at Arlington National Cemetary, Va., Jan. 14, 2012. O'Grady was a close friend of Brewer for 30 years. Brewer passed away Jan. 2 at the age of 82. In 1978, she became the first female Marine to be promoted to general officer. "Brewer cleared the way for future female Marines throughout her career," said Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon, and the U.S. Army Band, Pershing’s Own” conduct full military honors for Army Private First Class Robert L. Alexander, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Nov. 14, 2022.Alexander was killed during World War II and was accounted for on June 21, 2022.In July 1944, Alexander was a member of the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, fighting the Japanese on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Alexander was killed July 7 when the Japanese general on Saipan ordered his forces into a mass suicide, or banzai,” attack against the 105th's lines.Following the end of the war, the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) was tasked with investigating and recovering missing American personnel in the Pacific Theater. They searched for and disinterred remains on Saipan, but could not identify any as Alexander. He was declared non-recoverable in

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HOUSTON (Dec. 5, 2018) A military honor guard carries the casket of former President George H. W. Bush during funeral services at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, Dec. 5, 2018. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died Nov. 30, 2018, in Houston at the age of 94. Bush flew 58 combat missions as a Navy pilot during World War II, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, and shared the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the light aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL 30). Bush will be laid to rest next to former first lady Barbara Bush in College Station, Texas.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Marcelite Harris son Lt. Col. Steven Harris kneels at his mothers gravesite after her full honors funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va, Feb. 7, 2019. Gen. Harriss accomplishments include being the first woman aircraft maintenance officer, one of the first two women air officers commanding at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the first woman deputy commander for maintenance. She also served as a White House social aide during the Carter administration.

NORFOLK, Va. (Sep. 9, 2022)- Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads Sailors and Morale, Recreation and Welfare honor and remember the lives of those lost and affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 during a remembrance ceremony onboard NSA Hampton Roads, September 9, 2022. Sunday marks 21 years since the terrorist attacks in 2001.

A U.S. Marine from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing band plays Taps during the funeral of U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph P. Hoar (retired) at Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, California, Oct. 7, 2022. Gen. Hoar served honorably for 37 years and held many distinguished positions includingCommanding Officer, 1st Marine Regiment; Commanding General, Eastern Recruiting Region; and Commander, United States Central Command.

"Taps" is played during the funeral service for former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn, who was buried with full military honors, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Thursday, April 6, 2017, the day on which he and his wife Annie were married in 1943. Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth on Feb. 20, 1962, in a five-hour flight aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft. In 1998, he broke another record by returning to space at the age of 77 on the Space Shuttle Discovery.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Sept. 9, 2022) U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen place an American flag on Stribling Walk. Midshipmen placed 2,977 American flags on Stribling Walk to honor the lives lost on 9/11. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Winter weather at Arlington National Cemetery at Arlington, Va., Jan. 16, 2024.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard, discusses his priorities for the ANG during a 105th Airlift Wing town hall while visiting New York National Guard Airmen at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York, on June 3, 2022. Loh coined Airmen during the town hall for their outstanding achievements and performance and opened up the floor for questions.

Flags commemorate deceased service men and women on Memorial Day.; Arlington, Massachusetts.

U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Rodriguez, 126th Aviation Regiment, California National Guard, holds a folded American flag at Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, Calif., July 26, 2022.

Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride places a wreath at the Heroes and Legends exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The brief memorial honoring NASA astronaut John Young took place on the afternoon of Jan. 11, 2018. Young died Jan. 5, 2018, in Houston at the age of 87. He was the only astronaut to fly in NASA's Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A wreath is placed next to a photo of former NASA astronaut William R. Pogue during a ceremony to honor Pogue held at the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Col. Pogue, pilot on NASA's Skylab 4 mission in 1973-74, died March 3. He was 84 years old. Skylab 4 was the third and final manned visit to the Skylab orbital workshop, launched Nov. 16, 1973, and concluded Feb. 8, 1974. At 84 days, 1 hour and 15 minutes, Skylab 4 was the longest manned space flight to that date. Pogue was accompanied on the record-setting 34.5-million-mile flight by Commander Gerald P. Carr and science-pilot Dr. Edward G. Gibson. They conducted dozens of experiments and science demonstrations during their 1,214 orbits of Earth. Pogue logged 13 hours and 31 minutes in two spacewalks outside the orbital workshop.

U.S. Marine Col. Timothy R. Dremann, left, chief of staff, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, and Col. Karl R. Arbogast, right, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, render salutes during the Memorial Day Ceremony and parade in Beaufort, South Carolina, May 30, 2022. Memorial Day is a day to honor all the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country.

Day of Remembrance. Challenger astronaut Judy Resniks brother Chuck and her sister-in-law Amy, visit the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial after a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.

Volunteers participate in the Wreaths Across America annual removal of wreaths, commonly known as Wreaths Out, in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 20, 2024. This year, nearly 3,000 volunteers removed approximately 260,000 wreaths originally placed at ANC on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Army Cpl. Charles E. Lee, 18, of Cincinnati, killed during the Korean War, was laid to rest on April 11, 2022, at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency accounted for Lee on June 14, 2021.In July 1950, Lee was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 20 after his unit was forced to retreat from the vicinity of Taejon, South Korea. He was never found, nor were any remains recovered that could be identified as Lee. He was declared non-recoverable in January 1956.To read more about Lees ID, go to: https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2663104/soldier-accounted-for-from-korean-war-lee-c/

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U.S. Army Soldiers with Able Company, Recruiting and Retention Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, teach Cub Scouts how to properly fold the American Flag in a military funeral ceremony at Conlon Hall, Bergen Field, New Jersey, Feb. 6, 2024. Teaching the flag folding ceremony to the Cub Scouts of America is believed to teach the youth of Bergenfield the history and traditions involved in rendering honors at a funeral. Army National Guard

A wreath placed by NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and other NASA senior management is seen in front of the Columbia memorial Thursday, Jan. 31 2008, at Arlington National Cemetery. The wreath laying ceremony is part of NASA's Day of Remembrance. Wreaths were laid in the memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest of space exploration, including the astronaut crews of Columbia, Challenger and Apollo 1.

US Honor Guardsman, representing all branches of the US Military, are standing guard in the Dept. of Commerce over the remains of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown who was tragically killed on April 3, 1996 in a CT-43 plane crash near Dubrovnik, Croatia. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. service members and guests lay wreaths in honor of the missing during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Sept. 16, 2022. This day was first established in 1979 through a proclamation from President Jimmy Carter, in observance to honor and recognize the sacrifices of those Americans who have been prisoners of war and to remind the nation of those who are still missing in action. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

oldiers, Gold Star Families and Veterans of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) help kick off this years Week of the Eagles during a ceremony for the annual Fort Campbell Survivor Outreach Services annual Boots on the Ground Display May 20, 2022.More than 7,600 boots from all branches of service lined the lawn of the 101st Airborne Division headquarters, each one dedicated to a fallen DOD member since September 11, 2001. Each boot was decorated with a photo of the individual, as well as personal notes, trinkets and a small American flag. WoE has been held since 1974 the Week of the Eagles created by Maj. Gen. John Cushman, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) who rebuilt division after Vietnam.The event was such a success the next year the Week of the Eagles was a celebration of the rebuilt and reborn division to honor both the past and the future with a week of events consisting of Air Assault demonstrations, open houses, veterans and sporting events

Master Sgt. Terrell Costa, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations departures section chief, demonstrates a reverse dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 29, 2022. A reverse dignified transfer is conducted when fallen service members are prepared, casketed and ready for transport via military contracted air from the mortuary to their final resting place. Costa is deployed to AFMAO from the 87th Force Support Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. He is one of 10 deployed services specialists in the departures section.

PITI, GUAM (May 30, 2022) - Boots are placed to honor Sergeant Joshua Akoni S Lukeala during the Memorial Day Commemoration at Guam Veterans Cemetery. Sailors from Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) participated in the Memorial Day Commemoration alongside the local community while in port for Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Sept.15, 2012) Sailors assigned to Naval Operational Support Center Buffalo, lay a wreath in commemoration of the War of 1812 at the Commodore Perry Monument at Front Park at a ceremony during Buffalo Navy Week 2012. This one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The weeklong event commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy.

Medium shot, left side view, Brigadier General Lawrence H. Stevenson, USAF, Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas lays a memorial wreath at the grave of former U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson August 27, 1999. The memorial service held at the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City, Texas commemorated the 91st anniversary of the 36th President's birthday. Former First Lady, "Lady Bird Johnson" (Not shown) was hostess of the event. Base: Lbj Ranch State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard speaks after a wreath laying ceremony at the graves of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil Gus” Grissom and Roger Chaffee as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Sept. 9, 2022) U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman places an American flag on Stribling Walk. Midshipmen placed 2,977 American flags on Stribling Walk to honor the lives lost on 9/11. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in Flags-In”, where Soldiers placed U.S. flags at the headstones and niche of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Over 250,000 flags were planted at the final resting place of our Nation's fallen.

A visitor points to a name on the face of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the day before its official dedication. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

120828-N-WX378-017 CLEVELAND (Aug. 28, 2012) Rear Adm. Gregory M. Nosal, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Two (middle) and Commanding Officer Cmdr. Eric Johnson of Naval Operational Support Center Akron salute the national ensign at Perrys Victory Observance at Fort Huntington Park during the Navys commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 in Cleveland, this celebration is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The week-long event commemorates the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy.

A veteran group leader lays flowers in honor of fallen service members during the 34th Annual Memorial Day Observance at the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 29, 2022. The ceremony is held annually to honor Hawaiis fallen service members and pay special tribute to the 10,000 Hawaiians who volunteered for service in World War I, more than 100 of which made the ultimate sacrifice. This years commemoration was held a day prior to the official observance of Memorial Day.

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division pays tribute to fallen heroes of Operation Enduring and Operation Iraqi Freedom at the 1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe Joint Multinational Simulation Center, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Jan. 22, 2024. Every year, the Gimlets gather to remember their fallen warriors, honor their service, and celebrate their legacies.

Members of the U.S. Army Combat Pictorial Detachment carry a casket containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., out of a temporary morgue at Gander Airport. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert. Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN)

Corporal David B. Milano, MIA, was lost in action during the Korean War on December 2, 1950. After 71 years, he will be repatriated back to the United States and reunited with his family. An Honor Guard made up of members of the Utah National Guard conduct an Honorable Carry at the Salt Lake City International Airport, April 26, 2022. Milano was born in Chicago, Illinois on Dec. 23, 1932, to Albert and Lida Milano. His family relocated to Utah, where Milano will be laid to rest next to his mother, sister and brother-in-law at Evergreen Memorial Park, 100 Monroe Blvd., Ogden, Utah.

Memorial for Officer Sicknick who was killed in Jan 6 at US Capitol

Grave sites of soldiers are decorated with memorabilia at Arlington National Cemetery

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, gives remarks during the Pilgrimage to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, April 4, 2022. The Pilgrimage to the Alamo is a memorial tribute honoring the heroes of the Battle of the Alamo on San Jacinto Day. The event is hosted by the Alamo Mission Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and consists of a processional of military, community groups, and individuals culminating with wreaths placed in front of the Alamo.

A plaque in the Memorial Park outside the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force honors Capt. Burt Skeel, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 7, 2022. Skeel was killed piloting a Curtiss R-6 Racer during the International Air Races at Wilbur Wright Field in 1924. Flying at roughly 275 mph, the wings broke away from the fuselage and the aircraft plummeted 2,000 feet to the ground.

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