Connecticut Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William A Roman, Jr, left, carries the cremains of WWI veteran Lawrence W. Jordan, while Specialist Joshua Weah, carries the folded Stars and Stripes, from the hearse for a Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A member of the Patriot Guard Riders steps out of formation to photograph the members of the group gathered at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown for a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 hosted by the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc.. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Bob Hayes, front, and a group from the Patriot Guard Riders, arrive at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown for a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 hosted by the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc.. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Veterans salute as the cremains of Korean War veteran Victor Herbert Anderson arrive for a Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi, back, salutes as Private First Class Sasheka Smith places the folded flag next to the cremains of Vietnam veteran Stephen Yoder Forrester as the DAV and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., hold a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Veterans in attendance salute the National Anthem as the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., hold a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Members fo the Middletown Fire Department present the colors from a latter truck during a Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi, left, and Maj. Gen. Fran Evon, Commander of the Connecticut National Guard, salute the remains of eight Connecticut veterans during a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc.. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A rifle team from the American Legion Post 79 in Madison, from left, U.S. Marine Sgt. Don Hauser, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charle Corson, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Barry McDermott, fire a rifle volley during a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown hosted by the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Retired Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Wally Stone, right, gives the commands as the rifle team from the American Legion Post 79 in Madison, from left, U.S. Marine Sgt. Don Hauser, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charle Corson, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Barry McDermott, fire a rifle volley during a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown hosted by the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Veterans salute during the playing of TAPS as the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., hold a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Jon Worley plays TAPS as the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., hold a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Connecticut Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Michael Finnegan presents the folded flag to Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi at the conclusion of a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown hosted by the DAV the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Members of the Patriot Guard Riders depart the State Veterans Cemetery following a Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Flags and urns for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, await internment Friday, October 1, 2021 following a Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., military funeral ceremony for at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Connecticut Army National Guard veteran Greg Karal, right, and fellow Patriot Guard Rider Lind Liversidge-Daley, salute the remains of eight Connecticut veterans during a military funeral ceremony for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc.. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Personnel from the Connecticut Army National Guard Military Funeral Honors and Casualty Operations Team convey the cremains to the columbarium for internment following a memorial service for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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State Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi, right, joins Navy veteran William Petras, and personnel from the Connecticut Army National Guard Military Funeral Honors and Casualty Operations Team, from left, Staff Sgt. William A. Roman, Jr., Capt. Mark Soltau, and Sgt. 1st Class Michael Finnegan to inter the cremains at the columbarium following a memorial service for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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State Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi, salutes the interred cremains following a memorial service for eight U.S. veterans' unclaimed remains, including veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Friday, October 1, 2021 hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, Inc., at the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. Veterans Affairs Commissioner Thomas J. Saadi conducted the ceremony to memorialize the eight service members who passed between 1976 and 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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