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Fallen veterans honored at Fargo National Cemetery

Volunteers are remembering veterans by laying wreaths on their headstones

December 18, 2021

Site Staff,

HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR-TV) – The Daughters of the American Revolution, the Civil Air Patrol, and members of the Fargo Memorial Honor guard are remembering veterans by laying wreaths on their headstones at the Fargo National Cemetery. This effort is a nationwide movement, called Wreaths Across America. Over 2,500 wreath-laying ceremonies are happening across the United States, at sea, and…

Hoeven & VA Undersecretary discuss upgrading Fargo National Cemetery

November 23, 2021

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven holds a roundtable to talk about raising funds for the Fargo National Cemetery. He was joined by V.A. Undersecretary for Memorial Affairs Mathew Quinn, Rep. Kelly Armstrong and the Gus family who previously owned the land. They are working to secure funds to upgrade and secure additional facilities at the cemetery….

Fargo National Cemetery Pays Final Honors For A Unclaimed Veteran

"As the chaplain, it's always my greatest honor to send these young men and women off."

June 14, 2021

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo National Cemetery is celebrating an unclaimed veteran on Flag Day. “As the chaplain, it’s always my greatest honor to send these young men and women off,” Fargo Memorial Honor Guard Chaplain, Russ Stabler said. The honor guard is paying its final farewell to an unclaimed veteran at the Fargo National Cemetery. Brian Johnson was 63-years-old…

Unclaimed veteran to be honored in Fargo

June 11, 2021

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo Memorial Honor Guard will conduct a final honors ceremony for an unclaimed Navy veteran next week. Final honors for Brian Gordon Johnson will be held Monday, June 14 at 11:00 a.m. at the Fargo Veterans Cemetery. Johnson died May 24. He was in the Navy between 1976 and 1980. Johnson is the fourth unclaimed veteran…

Unclaimed Marine Corps veteran is laid to rest

"No soldier should ever be buried alone and it's our honor to have everybody out here to be with him, we are his family."

February 26, 2021

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An unclaimed military veteran is honored for his service after serving in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. “We’re burying our brother today and this is the military way of saying our final goodbye,” Fargo Memorial Honor Guard Minister Russ Stabler said. With no immediate next of kin, unclaimed military veteran, Sheldon J. Bushroe is…

Unclaimed military veteran honored at Fargo National Cemetery

"This was an amazing man, he served his country with three different tours in Southeast Asia."

February 1, 2021

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo National Cemetery and the Memorial National Guard honor an unclaimed military hero for his service. David Oliver, a Vietnam veteran was from Grand Forks and had no next of kin. “No veteran ever is buried without this ceremony,” Fargo Honor Guard Chaplain Russel Stabler said. “This was an amazing man, he served his country…

Fargo National Cemetery honors fallen veterans in solidarity with Wreaths Across America

"Today we are out here to honor, remember and teach."

December 19, 2020

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D.– In honor of fallen soldiers, Wreaths Across America is holding a nationwide ceremony and placing holiday wreaths on fallen veteran grave sites. “Today we are out here to honor, remember and teach. That’s our biggest mission and to make sure that we ceremoniously place a wreath on everybody’s site,” North Dakota Wing Civil Air Patrol, Lt. Troy Krabbenhoft…

Unclaimed veteran gets burial service four years after his death

Cremated remains to be buried alongside wife at veterans cemetery

October 27, 2020

Aaron Walling,

NEAR HARWOOD, N.D. The Hanson Runsvold funeral home provided service for an unclaimed military veteran at the Fargo National Cemetery. After serving in the Marine Corps from 1946 to 1948, Francis Kaufmann received military honors at his burial service at the Fargo National Cemetery. The four year delay on Kaufmann’s burial process was due to a loss of paperwork. “I…

Fargo Veteran will be honored with military service at National Cemetery

October 22, 2020

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND — A Marine Corps veteran will receive military honors when he is buried four years after he passed away. Services for Francis Kaufmann will take place next Tuesday, October 27, at 11:00 a.m. at the Fargo National Cemetery. Mr. Kaufmann served in the United States Marine Corp from July 1946 to July 1948. Mr. Kaufmann’s body was unclaimed…

Unclaimed veteran gets laid to rest surrounded by comrades

This is the first unclaimed veteran to be buried at the Fargo National Cemetary.

October 16, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – Veterans from across North Dakota gather at the Fargo National Cemetery to say goodbye to a fallen soldier. Veteran Lelan Derr was born in New Hampton, Iowa in 1952. He served in the United States Air Force in Vietnam. Derr passed away in his Fargo apartment on December 10th of last year. He had been estranged from…