Nevada Veterans Coalition to honor 15 veterans, 1 spouse

A member of the Nevada Veterans Coalition slides an urn into the columbarium at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery during a previous mission in May.

A member of the Nevada Veterans Coalition slides an urn into the columbarium at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery during a previous mission in May.

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The Nevada Veterans Coalition will conduct its 13th mission at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley on Friday by honoring 15 veterans and one spouse whose remains have been in the care of a local mortuary, yet remained unclaimed.

Services will be conducted with full military honors for the following 16 individuals at 2 p.m. at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 14 Veterans Way.

Margareta Alfred (1915-1981), U.S. Army, Dec. 1944-Oct. 1945, WWII

Earl Anderson (1894-1975), U.S. Army, June 1918-Dec. 1918, WWI

Harry Anderson (1919-1983), U.S. Navy 22, Dec. 1941-July 1945, WWII

James Anderson (1912-1981), U.S. Army, Sept. 1943-Oct. 1945, WWII

Leland Byers (1920-1978) served in the U.S. Navy, Oct 1941-Dec. 1946, WWII

McKinley Canady (1920-1986), U.S. Army, Dec. 1945-Feb. 1947, WWII

James Carmack (1919-1982), U.S. Navy, Aug. 1944-Feb 1946, WWII

Alfred Castelli (1924-1986), U.S. Army, March 1943-Jan. 1946, WWII

Norman Clay (1909-1977), U.S. Army, June 1943-Nov 1945, WWII

Edward Cooley (1896-1982), U.S. Army, Feb. 1918-Aug. 1919, WWI

Vaughn Curtis (1912-1982), U.S. Army, Feb. 1943-Feb. 1946, WWII

Mary Curtis (1915-1985), Vaughn Curtis’ Spouse

Edward Dahl (1921-1981), U.S. Army /U.S. Air Force, Aug. 1942-July 1953, WWII/Korea

Mike Dangelo (1913-1985), U.S. Army, Sep 1942-Aug 1943, WWII

Charles Davenport (1927-1988), U.S. Army, March 1946-June 1948, WWII

Evelyn Hunt (1904-1984), U.S. Army 28 Feb. 1943-Aug. 1943, WWII