{"id":84683,"date":"2019-01-31T07:30:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84683"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:39:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T22:39:57","slug":"update-thousands-answer-call-to-attend-unaccompanied-air-force-vets-texas-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84683","title":{"rendered":"Thousands answer call to attend ‘unaccompanied’ Air Force vet’s Texas funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"joseph
\n The funeral for Air Force veteran Joseph Walker in Texas Monday drew thousands of people who responded to an appeal for mourners. (Texas General Land Office )By Robert Gearty | Fox News<\/p>\n

To augment Dave’s moving post, here: <\/p>\n

Unclaimed Veterans Buried with Honor and Dignity, Thanks to Strangers <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/strong> Found here: https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84430<\/a>. ..we have another example of good people attending the funeral of a stranger. <\/p>\n

In Texas, the Veteran’s Cemetery in Killeen asked for volunteers to attend the funeral of “unaccompanied” Air Force veteran Joseph Walker, and the request went viral. <\/p>\n

The response was overwhelming. <\/p>\n

Thousands of strangers responded to an urgent appeal to attend Monday’s funeral for an Air Force veteran from Texas.<\/p>\n

The Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen appealed for supporters to attend the funeral of \u201cunaccompanied\u201d veteran Joseph Walker in a Facebook post that went viral over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are overwhelmed at all this love and support. We do NOT leave Veterans behind,\u201d the cemetery wrote on Facebook after the service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"joe
\nThe crowd at “unaccompanied” veteran Joseph Walker’s funeral in Texas included an Air Force unit from Fort Hood. (Texas General Land Office )<\/p>\n

The line to get into the cemetery was miles long and initial reports indicated some 5,000 to 6,000 vehicles were in the line, KWTX-TV reported.<\/p>\n

Walker, of Dale, Texas, was 72 when he died of natural causes Nov. 19. He served in the Air Force from 1964 to 1968.<\/p>\n

After his death, his family contacted a funeral home in Austin to arrange for a funeral service but then could not be reached, funeral director Gilbert Cavazos told Fox News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"josephJoseph Walker died in November 2018. (All Faiths North)<\/p>\n

“We made every attempt,” Cavazos said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest of this amazing story here: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

Hat tip to Poetrooper for the link. Thanks again, buddy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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