A Navy Veteran, and Florida Wildlife Officer, died tragically last Wednesday in Tampa, Florida. He has no surviving relatives except for his two young daughters. The folks that are handling his burial have no idea that, as a Veteran, he qualifies for burial at a Vet memorial (right?). I am a Veteran and at least know of the benefit, but have no idea where to turn to offer help to those arranging his burial. They have started a GoFund Me page to help out, but have already started the process of having him buried thru a civilian funeral . Is it too late to have the VA help? Where should I direct the efforts to see if the VA can help, if at all? Please send me a message on here or reply to this post, I'll check in the next several hours. His name was Greg Patterson, you can google his name and add "Tampa" and you should see several stories about his death. Thanks all
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A Navy Veteran, and Florida Wildlife Officer, died tragically last Wednesday in Tampa, Florida. He has no surviving relatives except for his two young daughters. The folks that are handling his burial have no idea that, as a Veteran, he qualifies for burial at a Vet memorial (right?). I am a Veteran and at least know of the benefit, but have no idea where to turn to offer help to those arranging his burial. They have started a GoFund Me page to help out, but have already started the process of having him buried thru a civilian funeral . Is it too late to have the VA help? Where should I direct the efforts to see if the VA can help, if at all? Please send me a message on here or reply to this post, I'll check in the next several hours. His name was Greg Patterson, you can google his name and add "Tampa" and you should see several stories about his death. Thanks all
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