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Rodney Hanngi, 76, a Vietnam War veteran from Horace. Hanngi, who served on a Huey helicopter crew while overseas, enjoyed fixing up older vehicles, so a restored 1966 Pontiac hearse was used to bring Hanngi's body to the cemetery.

During our first couple funerals we had to make due by wearing individual club jackets.  

Obviously this is a pic from entrance 

Tom doing his best Chuck Mangione impression 

Russell calling us to Present Arms

Gary T.  " Look,.. Geese!" followed by our best Civil War volley

Joe auditioning to be the 4th Tenor

Matt playing with his engraving machine.  Looks very cool

Hi.. Ho..Hi..Ho... It's off to work we go...
 

Unclaimed Veteran
Brian Johnson
Navy

Unclaimed Veteran Brian Johnson Navy

Unclaimed Veteran Brian Johnson Navy

No family found David Oliver Vietnam/ Thailand 4 Bronze Stars

No family found
David Oliver
Vietnam/ Thailand 
4 Bronze Stars

9th Annual Pinewood Derby

VFW Post 762 Hosted Event

Matt's entry. Matt won People's Choice, but where is your plaque?

 Jason's entry, only Animal House fans will recognize...

David's Entry
He went for the Glam Effect.

In Memorium

Gary
Tandsater

Job title or function

Tandsater was there at the beginning of F.M.H.G., in fact he was at nearly every funeral. He was always in good humor and very openly friendly to all. Gary was honored to be part of the Honor Guard, as all of us are, but Gary stood taller than most. Our formations will never be the same with him missing. He's the 1st of our organization to be laid to rest and that is a cold reminder that all of us serving in the Honor Guard will be provided the 3 Volley Salute sometime in our future. The pride that we felt providing Gary his honors was overwhelming and surreal. Gary,... we will always hear you shouting out "Don't anticipate the command."


Who is it for...?

All members and veterans of the armed forces are eligible to be buried in a VA national cemetery if they have met minimum active-duty service requirements and were not dishonorably discharged.  The cemetery will be home to about 3,204 gravesites.

 

Where is it?

The Fargo National Cemetery, located at 8709 40th Ave. N. in Harwood, began construction in spring of 2018 and will officially open on Saturday, Sept. 7 with a dedication ceremony from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

 

What is its purpose?

The cemetery was dedicated on September 7, 2019 and the first interment took place on October 15, 2019. The first phase of cemetery development offers more than 3,000 casket and cremation spaces to accommodate burials for the next 10 years. The cemetery will provide burials for caskets, in-ground and columbarium burials for cremations, as well as a memorial wall for remains that are unrecoverable or identified, were buried at sea, donated to science or cremated and remains scattered

 

It's Ok to be second, but a lot cooler to be the first. 

Fargo National Cemetery is the second Rural Initiative cemetery in the nation, and the first to be built by the VA's National Cemetery Administration

 

A little more info

Fargo National Cemetery is a 4.82 acre Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) national cemetery located in Raymond Township, Cass County, North Dakota (the street address is Harwood, North Dakota). The cemetery will serve the burial needs of more than 30,000 Veterans, their spouses and eligible family members.

 

The First Veteran Interment

Rodney Hanngi, 76, a Vietnam War veteran from Horace. 

 
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