the public to show up and pay their respects at the funeral of a vietnam veteran who would be buried alone. that community made sure air force vert ran got the sendoff he deserved. >> this is the only image we have of joseph walker. he served from 1964 to 1968. walker die until november. not much else is known of his service but what these people did know about joseph walker is that no familyov or friends wer going to show up at his burial. the call went out to make sure the 72-year-old was honored and perfect strangers showed up in force. air force honor guard escorted in kileen, texas.