Florencio Davila, a World War II veteran, died recently at age 99. His dying wish was to be buried with full military honors, but the government shutdown threatened his wish from happening.

The World War II veteran will receive full military honors after his family and community stepped in during a government ...

Private First Class Florencio Davila served in the Army during WWII where he deployed to the Philippines before being ...

PFC Florencio Davila's dying wish was to receive military honors at his funeral but the government shutdown almost made that ...

Everyday we see the greatest generation fade further away as the few remaining World War 2 veterans reach the end of their ...

U.S. Army veteran Eldon Baker didn’t want a traditional funeral service. It seemed the local Vietnam vet and recipient of a Purple Heart didn’t like the idea of people making a fuss over him when he ...

As the solemn sound of taps echoed throughout Park Cemetery on Thursday, a crowd gathered to pay their respects to a soldier ...

A Texas community helped secure a military funeral for WWII veteran Florencio Davila after his family feared the government ...

GRAND FORKS – Some recent military funerals in the region are not including full military honors because of the federal government shutdown that began last week. Jerome Feltis, a licensed funeral ...

DENVER (KCNC) — Funeral services were held in Denver on Wednesday for a World War II veteran on what would have been his 103rd birthday. Raymond Farris Chambers passed away peacefully in his sleep at ...

He stepped up when his country called upon him to fight in World War II, and now his family and community have rallied to ...

Funeral services have been set for the Ridgewood Army ROTC cadet who died in a training exercise July 24 at Fort Knox. Neil Edara, 22, and a Rutgers senior majoring in biological sciences, was taking ...