Group honors 35 veterans at Southern Nevada cemetery — VIDEO

Las Vegas Review-Journal

6 years ago

Nevada National Guard Capt. Howard Hoover, left, places unclaimed veteran remain into a wall during a military funeral service at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Friday, June 15, 2018, in Boulder City. The Nevada Veteran’s Coalition conducted its eleventh mission by honoring thirty-five veterans whose remains have been in the care of a local mortuary, yet remained unclaimed. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

The remains of 35 unclaimed veterans are displayed during a military funeral service at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Friday, June 15, 2018, in Boulder City. The Nevada Veteran’s Coalition conducted its eleventh mission by honoring thirty-five veterans whose remains have been in the care of a local mortuary, yet remained unclaimed. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Members of the Nevada Veterans Coalition honor guard prepare to fold an American Flag for presentation as 35 unclaimed veterans receive a military funeral service at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Friday, June 15, 2018, in Boulder City. The Nevada Veteran’s Coalition conducted its eleventh mission by honoring thirty-five veterans whose remains have been in the care of a local mortuary, yet remained unclaimed. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Members of the Nevada Veterans Coalition honor guard bow their heads in prayer as 35 unclaimed veterans receive a military funeral service at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Friday, June 15, 2018, in Boulder City. The Nevada Veteran’s Coalition conducted its eleventh mission by honoring thirty-five veterans whose remains have been in the care of a local mortuary, yet remained unclaimed. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class, Mary Jane Gutierrez, places unclaimed veteran remain into a wall during a military funeral service at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Friday, June 15, 2018, in Boulder City. The Nevada Veteran’s Coalition conducted its eleventh mission by honoring thirty-five veterans whose remains have been in the care of a local mortuary, yet remained unclaimed. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Combat wounded veterans attend a military funeral service at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Friday, June 15, 2018, in Boulder City. The Nevada Veteran’s Coalition conducted its eleventh mission by honoring thirty-five veterans whose remains have been in the care of a local mortuary, yet remained unclaimed. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

On Friday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, the Nevada Veteran’s Coalition conducted its 11th mission by honoring 35 veterans whose remains have been in the care of a local mortuary, yet remained unclaimed.