Military services for 19 veterans set for Friday

A military service for 19 veterans whose remains were unclaimed will be conducted Friday at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley.

A military service for 19 veterans whose remains were unclaimed will be conducted Friday at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley.

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The Nevada Veterans Coalition will conduct its 16th mission at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Friday by honoring 19 veterans 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 19 veterans at 2 p.m. at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 14 Veterans Way, in Fernley.

Among the 19 veterans are two World War I veterans and 14 who served during World War II.

World War I

Albert Hodson (1895-1973), U.S. Army, Nov. 1917-Jan. 1919

Lewis Lee (1894-1987), U.S. Army, April 1918-May 1919

WorLd War II

Charles Knebel (1921-1985), U.S. Navy, June 1943-Jan. 1946

Franklin La Fave (1916-1985), U.S. Army, Oct. 1942-Dec. 1946

Monte La Fleche (1906-1983), U.S. Army, July 1943-April 1944

Herschel Landreth (1917-1981), U.S. Navy, Sept. 1939-June 1946

Marx Law (1902-1981), U.S. Army, Oct. 1942-Jan. 1943

George Lax (1920-1985), U.S. Army, April 1942-Dec. 1945

Wallace Livingston (1911-1987), U.S. Army, Oct. 1941-Aug. 1949

Frank Loichinger (1921-1985), U.S. Army, June 1942-Sept. 1945

Wilson Luhman (1918-1986), U.S. Navy, May 1944-Jan. 1946

Lloyd Markle (1913-1985), U.S. Army, May 1931-Nov. 1945

Carl Marks (1920-1979), U.S. Army, Aug. 1942-Feb. 1946

Ardis Mastre (1924-1985), U.S. Army, June 1943-Nov. 1945

Doyle May (1924-2008), U.S. Navy, May 1941-Nov. 1945

Phillip Myres (1922-2012), U.S. Navy, 1941-Jan. 1942

Korea

Bryan Price (1929-2009), U.S. Army, June 1948-May 1952

Vietnam

Carl Weaver (1946-2015), U.S. Navy, July 1964-July 1968

Cold War

James Nett (1960-2008), U.S. Air Force, June 1978-June 1982