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Reclaiming the forgotten veterans (Mass.)

They wait in dusty basements, long forgotten on darkened shelves. Some have been neglected for 100 years or more. They served their country, then died, and were never claimed.

Urns holding the cremated remains of war veterans are stacked in funeral homes, cemeteries, state hospitals, and even prisons around the state - a sad end for those who served their country.

It isn't right, says Don MacNeill, coordinator of the Missing in America Project in Massachusetts. The 47-year-old Hopkinton resident has pledged to comb every funeral home, every prison, state hospital, and pauper's crypt until the remains of each forgotten soldier are identified and interred with military honors.

"I'm going town to town, putting the word out for volunteers," MacNeill said. "We even have old retired vets knocking on doors."
Read entire article at Boston Globe