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In this Jan. 17, 2019 photo, a flag is passed through a crowd of mourners as hundreds of people grieved three Memphis veterans, Wesley Russell, 76, Arnold Klechka, 71, Charles Fox, 60, who died this past fall and whose remains were unclaimed, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

In this Jan. 17, 2019 photo, a flag is passed through a crowd of mourners as hundreds of people grieved three Memphis veterans, Wesley Russell, 76, Arnold Klechka, 71, Charles Fox, 60, who died this past fall and whose remains were unclaimed, in Memphis, Tenn.{ } (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

In this Jan. 17, 2019 photo, a retired U.S. Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant salutes three Memphis veterans, Wesley Russell, 76, Arnold Klechka, 71, Charles Fox, 60, who died this past fall and whose remains were unclaimed, in Memphis, Tenn.{ } (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

In this Jan. 17, 2019 photo, a flag is passed through a crowd of mourners as hundreds of people grieved three Memphis veterans, Wesley Russell, 76, Arnold Klechka, 71, Charles Fox, 60, who died this past fall and whose remains were unclaimed in Memphis, Tenn.(AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

In this Jan. 17, 2019 photo, a flag draped coffin is moved during a funeral for three Memphis veterans, Wesley Russell, 76, Arnold Klechka, 71, Charles Fox, 60, who died this past fall and whose remains were unclaimed in Memphis, Tenn.{ } (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

In this Jan. 17, 2019 photo, two elderly veterans were among the last to arrive at a service to bury three Memphis veterans who died this past fall and whose remains were unclaimed in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

In this Jan. 17, 2019 photo, a rose lies on one of the caskets as hundreds of people showed up to bury three Memphis veterans, Wesley Russell, 76, Arnold Klechka, 71, Charles Fox, 60, who died this past fall and whose remains were unclaimed in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

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