Military honors are a special event held at the funerals of U.S. military personnel who are eligible for a military funeral honors detail.
According to military.com, the law defines military funeral honors as a funeral event consisting of two or more uniformed military persons, with at least one of them being a member of the deceased veteran’s parent service of the armed forces.
For more information about military funeral honors, visit https://www.military.com/benefits/burial-and-memorial/military-funeral-honors.html.
To write about a funeral service with military honors in your loved one’s obituary, simply state, “There will be a gravesite service with military honors at [date and time].”
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