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Marine Vietnam veteran buried months after dying in nursing home The Associated Press December 18, 2020 A U.S. Marine folds the American flag during the funeral of a Marine in 2019. (Cpl. Tessa D. Watts/Marine Corps) A Vietnam War veteran who died in September was given a funeral with military honors Tuesday after months passed and no family members emerged. Stephen Myerson, 72, was living at a nursing home in Elgin when he died. Laird Funeral Home donated its services, The Daily Her...

Vietnam vet buried months after dying in nursing home December 16, 2020 GMT ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — A Vietnam War veteran who died in September was given a funeral with military honors Tuesday after months passed and no family members emerged. Stephen Myerson, 72, was living at a nursing home in Elgin when he died. Laird Funeral Home donated its services, The Daily Herald reported. “This poor guy was brought out here from Chicago and put in a nursing home down the street — no friends, no famil...

Its heartbreaking: Vietnam veteran with no family, friends honored in Elgin   Steve Mosias, left, of Palatine and Jim Bethke of Elgin were among those who came to pay their respects to Marine Corps and Vietnam veteran Stephen Alan Myerson during Tuesdays visitation at Laird Funeral Home in Elgin. Myerson had no known family when he died Sept. 11 at the Citadel Care Center in Elgin. Rick West | Staff Photographer   Randall Rakowski of Elgin kneels to pay his respects for fellow...