They didn’t know them. But two unclaimed veterans were laid to rest among ‘family’
May 10, 2019 Cody Dulaney - The State
Joseph Williams lived under the Blossom Street Bridge, where 27,000 cars passed over his head every day. His body was found alone on April 1, a day or so after he died of natural causes. He had no family and lived 58 years with virtually no paper trail.
“He is an enigma,†said Bill Stevens, deputy coroner with the Richland County Coroner’s Office.
After an exhaustive month-long search, officials were only able to discover that Williams was a Washington D.C. native who served his country for three years in the U.S. Army. His service guaranteed him a military burial, paid for by the federal government. And like all veterans of the armed forces, he was not alone.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/05/they-didnt-know-them-but-two-unclaimed-veterans-were-laid-to-rest-among-family/
