DEARBORN—Five veterans who died without resources and whose cremains have been in Michigan funeral homes for three decades will be honored during Dearborn’s Memorial Day observances on May 26.

This is the fourth time in the last five years that the Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council (DAWVC) searched for veterans in need of internment as part of the Missing In America Project. 

The DAWVC is conducting a funeral procession at 9:40 a.m. on Memorial Day before the traditional Memorial Day parade begins at 10 a.m.

Military service honors will be offered for the men during the noon Remembrance Ceremony at City Hall, 13616 Michigan Ave., following the parade. 

They will be interred at the Great Lakes National Cemetery soon.

The men are: Sgt. Russell A Shumway, S1C. John Avram, Pvt. Andrew Hudacko, Pvt. Howard W Johannsen and Pvt. Orville M Koonce. 

To learn more about Dearborn’s Memorial Day parade, the oldest continuous parade in Michigan, visit www.cityofdearborn.org.