WWII veteran buried by other veterans
Posted at: 11/21/2009 12:23 PM
By: The Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A World War II veteran whose body went unclaimed has been buried by fellow veterans in the National Cemetery in Santa Fe.
The veterans made sure John Quincy Lott - who spent 25 years in the military - received an honor guard, a folded American flag, prayers and a rifle salute.
Lott, who was born in 1917, died Oct. 12 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Albuquerque. His only child, a daughter living in Massachusetts, didn't have the money to come claim the body, and he had no other relatives.
A neighbor who was his caretaker found a card showing he was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She contacted the VFW, and veterans groups around the state raised money for services.
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