GALLERY: Hundreds pay respects at service for unclaimed veterans
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attend a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds attended a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, to pay their respects to three Memphis veterans who died in the fall of 2018 but whose remains were unclaimed by next of kin. Wesley Russell, Arnold Klechka and Charles Fox were buried with honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
A funeral service attended by hundreds who wanted to pay their respects for three unclaimed veterans from the Memphis area was held at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
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Veterans West Tennessee Veterans CemeteryKaren Pulfer Focht
Karen Pulfer Focht is a freelance photojournalist. She has won numerous awards in her career, many for in-depth projects about children and families in Memphis. Her work is regularly published in newspapers and magazines around the world.
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