Decades Later, Medal of Honor Awardee Gets Graveside Honors
SEATTLE (AP) — A Medal of Honor recipient who was buried in Seattle decades ago without ceremony will now receive full military honors at a service this week.
The Kitsap Sun reports that Emil Fredreksen died in 1950 but with no known next of kin, he was buried without ceremony and a headstone at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle.
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