A South Carolina funeral home will provide a burial service for a Vietnam War veteran who died without anyone to provide a funeral for him.
Petty Officer 3rd Class James Miske, 75, died on May 26, 2019, in Columbia, South Carolina. Though he was not homeless when he died, he had no family that was able to make his final arrangements.Caughman-Harman Funeral Homes will provide a burial service with full military honors for Miske on Friday, June 14, at Fort Jackson National Cemetery in Columbia. The funeral home encouraged the public to attend the service to serve as Miske's family.
Read More"We had a homeless veteran that passed away here in our area in South Carolina," Lynch said."After I saw that and the length of time it took for someone to step forward and find a way to hold services for him, I figured there had to be a better way to go about it."Miske's service on Friday will the sixth funeral the home has held for an unclaimed veteran.The funeral home says Miske was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1944.
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