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Homeless veteran denied benefits, but is given full military funeral
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/north_phoenix/homeless-vet-denied-benefits%2C-but-is-given-full--military-funeral#viewSingle101734361
Video at the link.
Here is Phoenix we have a huge center for the homeless. There are so many homeless veterans around there, it is heartbreaking. This is not what they deserve.
:beats:Rest in peace Hersey Etoye Ross:beats:
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/north_phoenix/homeless-vet-denied-benefits%2C-but-is-given-full--military-funeral#viewSingle101734361
PHOENIX - A man who was living on the streets was given a full military funeral Thursday after a homeless support group discovered he was a 9-year military veteran.
For the past two years a group of volunteers from "Hope on the Streets" or H.O.T.S. have been heading down to Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix to give lunch and water to the homeless.
It's there they met up with Hersey Etoye Ross. But a couple of weeks ago they didn't see Hersey and discovered he had died from heat exhaustion, a common killer among the homeless in Arizona.
Volunteers started searching for Hersey's family.
"A few of our team members went above and beyond to dig up some information, since the next of kin could not be located. We learned he was honorably discharged from the Army after 9 years of service," said Jami Locke with H.O.T.S.
Volunteers then called the military and discovered because of his years of service Hersey qualified for a full military burial, but unfortunately while alive he was not eligible for benefits.
The service was held Thursday at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in north Phoenix.
Video at the link.
Here is Phoenix we have a huge center for the homeless. There are so many homeless veterans around there, it is heartbreaking. This is not what they deserve.
:beats:Rest in peace Hersey Etoye Ross:beats: