Is outrage even the right word? Veteran's family outraged over headstone misspellings

2015-06-11T09:38:35-04:00

Wilcox died of cancer in February at age 55. His burial took place in March. In April, the headstone mistakenly omitted Wilcox's middle name and misspelled the "United" in United States Army as "Uinted." The family ordered a new headstone, but the misspelled "Uinted" remained

http://kdhnews.com/military/grave-mistake-army-veteran-s-headstone-has-misspelling-on-it/article_73ec9d54-0e59-11e5-98d6-23ea63bf2b6b.html

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Jun 11 at 2015 9:39 AM

2015-06-11T09:39:54-04:00

You would think they would take great caution with soemthing like this. Yes I would be pissed.

Response by SPC Fred Krauer made Jun 11 at 2015 9:39 AM

2015-06-11T09:39:58-04:00

Minimum wage worker?

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Jun 11 at 2015 10:09 AM

2015-06-11T10:09:24-04:00

Humans make mistakes .. several humans made mistakes here.
Its being corrected, and seem to have the attention it should so a solution is put in place to keep it from happening again.
Sorry, can't work up any outrage on this one.. Don't see an "disrespect" to the Vet.

I see a chain of errors, a supervisor that states he has put in place a fix.....
If the Texas General Land Office had refused or stonewalled, or wanted to charge the family for the redo I could find something to get upset about.. But that is not the case here.. In fact,,, They wanted to fix it for the family enough that they have tried TWICE now, quickly and without drama.... That speaks to the RESPECT they have for the VET and family, that they screwed it up twice shows the flaws in the system that need to be fixed.. thats all.

Response by MSG Brad Sand made Jun 11 at 2015 10:22 AM

2015-06-11T10:22:18-04:00

I don't think I would be outraged, but I might be looking for a new headstone company and I would not be paying this one...of course if they cannot even spell 'United' right, I do not see them lasting very long producing headstones for the military...unless there is a Uinted States Ameirca thay I dun't knee abet?

Response by SCPO Lee Pradia made Jun 11 at 2015 10:33 AM

2015-06-11T10:33:19-04:00

Mistakes happen, as long as they made it right in the end, that's all that matters, we deal with issues like this with far too much emotion. Perhaps the person who made it had a life stressor they were going through? It's not how you start, but how you finish.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jun 11 at 2015 10:34 AM

2015-06-11T10:34:02-04:00

Engraving machines have spell check these days! No excuse for this level of incompetence!

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 11 at 2015 10:54 AM

2015-06-11T10:54:12-04:00

I'm not trying to make light of this awful situation, or maybe I am, since I deal with things like this and other things that affect me negatively with humor. They should have checked, rechecked and rechecked one last time before putting the head stone out there. God Bless the Wilcox family and may they find peace.

Response by SSG Trevor S. made Jun 11 at 2015 10:54 AM

2015-06-11T10:54:28-04:00

Mistakes happen, repeating the mistake is certainly a cause for alarm. Especially on something this simple.

Response by MSgt James Mullis made Jun 11 at 2015 1:46 PM

2015-06-11T13:46:00-04:00

I'm guessing the contractor will get paid for all three of the gravestones, plus the cost of shipping them.