Nearly six years after falling out of contact, the family of a Vietnam War veteran has finally learned what became of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Funeral home workers and local veterans were unable to locate any relatives when they laid Stephen Myerson to rest on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Marine veteran died at a nursing home in Eglin, Illinois, in September, and Laird Funeral Home donated its services, The Daily Herald reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis poor guy was brought out here from Chicago and put in a nursing home down the street \u2014 no friends, no family, nobody<\/a>,\u201d said Steven Laird, who owns the business with his brother Rob.<\/p>\n\n\n\t