When a Vietnam War veteran died on Christmas Eve with no family nearby, a community of veterans, a friend and military supporters in North Carolina stepped up to make sure he was finally laid to rest with military honors.
They ensured that Phillip “Flip” Drye’s military paperwork, delayed by the winter government shutdown, had arrived. A funeral home covered burial expenses. The Army provided soldiers to fold the U.S. flag and play taps. And more than 100 veterans and others, many of them strangers, attended the service Wednesday at Salisbury National Cemetery.A roommate had found Drye dead of a probable heart attack about 4 a.m. Dec.
They shared a Cherokee heritage and enjoyed hunting for arrowheads. His friend was known as “Flip” because, as a child, he was unable to pronounce “Phillip” or “Phil,” and his efforts sounded like “Flip.” “We've always taken care of those that have taken care of us,” said Robert Branum, general manager of the Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home. That's the policy of the company that owns the home and about 2,000 other funeral homes and cemeteries.
Home staffers reached out to various organizations, including military motorcycle groups, to attend the funeral. The Salisbury Post reported that motorcycles rumbled as the Catawba Patriot Riders and Combat Veteran Riders from Fayetteville led the procession. Three Freightliner “Ride of Pride” trucks followed the motorcyclists.
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