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Memorial Day Service Honors American Heroes at Mountain View Memorial Park

Mountain View Memorial Park,the final resting home to thousands

of U.S. veterans, will host a joint services Memorial Day ceremony in partnership with the Pierce County Veterans Advisory Council.The Mountain View staff researched the names of five fallen soldiers whose graves have been unmarked since their bodies were laid to rest in the 1920s.For the first time, markers for these
heroes will be on display throughout Memorial Day Weekend in the Military Garden.At the end of the day on Monday, the markers will be permanently placed.

The five soldiers are:

Clarence E. Woodard

Corporal Lenard A. Hitter

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John Luce

Private E.W. Snyder

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John J. Morgan

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