About 300 strangers attended the funeral of Korean War veteran Dale Quick in Lincoln, Nebraska, who passed away at the age of 91 without any close relatives.
When Dale Quick died earlier this month and left no known survivors, a Nebraska funeral home appealed to his community to make sure he got the funeral he deserved.
"We are appealing to any and all veterans, veterans' clubs and organizations and our community to attend Dale's service to honor an individual who so selflessly served our country," Roper & Sons Funeral Home wrote in an obituary posted to its website.The 91-year-old"led a simple life" after serving in the military for nearly seven years, the funeral home said. CNN's Jake Tapper also took to social media to spread the word.
He was in combat for 850 days & his unit suffered 1,500 casualities. @jaketapper @Channel8ABC #LNK pic.twitter.com/wtay5Vs8Jq — Zach Worthington June 24, 2019 The veteran didn't talk much about his service, said Barb Dethlefs who had been taking care of Quick for the past years in a hospice community care home. "He did tell me that he didn't like me to touch his feet because he got frost bit sitting in a fox hole," she told KLKN.Quick was a cheerful man, Dethlefs added, who was never"mean or angry.""He always had a laugh for you.
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