{"id":36418,"date":"2019-12-29T18:48:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T18:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/29\/11000-new-york-veterans-received-military-honors-at-burials-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:08:47","slug":"11000-new-york-veterans-received-military-honors-at-burials-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/12\/29\/11000-new-york-veterans-received-military-honors-at-burials-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"11,000 New York veterans received military honors at burials this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LATHAM, N.Y. \u2014 The New York Army and Air National Guard are on track to provide military honors at the burials of about 11,050 veterans during 2019, the state Division of Military &amp; Naval Affairs said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expected total is close to the numbers in the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the veterans who received the honors this year was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/228550\/ny_national_guard_assists_in_final_honors_for_wwii_hero\" target=_blank>Sgt. Francis S. Currey<\/a>, who was one of the last three surviving Medal of Honor recipients from World War II when he died in October at age 94. Currey, of Selkirk, received the medal for his actions during the Battle of the Bulge.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2019\/08\/04\/for-some-veterans-strangers-are-family-at-burial-services\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19214564082078.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">For some veterans, strangers are family at burial services<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">There were no relatives at Vietnam veteran Stephen Jerald Spicer\u2019s funeral, but his passing didn\u2019t go unnoticed as a few dozen patriotic strangers showed up to honor his service.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Army National Guard also provided honors for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/230721\/ny_honor_guard_makes_old_soldiers_final_request_come_true\" target=_blank>Pfc. Needham Mayes<\/a>, who had successfully appealed to the Army to reverse his 1956 dishonorable discharge, allowing him to be buried in a veterans\u2019 cemetery with military honors. Mayes, of New York City, died on Veterans Day at age 85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had been dishonorably discharged after a bar fight and shooting at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. His lawyers noted inconsistencies in witnesses\u2019 accounts of what happened. 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