More than 40 people attended the ceremony Tuesday morning, June 24, for a veteran Marine who had no family members as he was laid to rest at the Sarasota National Cemetery.
Marine veteran Larry Jake Willis, 82, received a burial with full military honors.
The service was provided by Sarasota’s Sound Choice Cremation and North Port’s AMVETS Post 312 in a gathering for a final salute to Willis.
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This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Marine vet with no known family laid to rest in ceremony at Sarasota National Cemetery
Reporting by Thomas Bender, Sarasota Herald-Tribune / Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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