Posted on Jun 11, 2015
Is outrage even the right word? Veteran's family outraged over headstone misspellings
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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
http://kdhnews.com/military/grave-mistake-army-veteran-s-headstone-has-misspelling-on-it/article_73ec9d54-0e59-11e5-98d6-23ea63bf2b6b.html
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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?
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MSG Kirt Highberger
When my son's stone was placed, it only had what the funeral director had submitted. Which was NOT what we wanted at all. The Central Texas Veterans Cemetery. was profession patient and understanding. They ordered a replacement with what we wanted on the stone and that was the end of this chapter. Forever thankful for the Professional staff at this facility.
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MSG Brad Sand
MSG Kirt Highberger
I am so sorry for your loss. I lost a daughter and it is so hard to explain the depth of pain one feels with the loss of child. That pain is only magnified by others stupidity. One would hope a funeral director would understand this.
I am so sorry for your loss. I lost a daughter and it is so hard to explain the depth of pain one feels with the loss of child. That pain is only magnified by others stupidity. One would hope a funeral director would understand this.
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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.
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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.
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.
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You would think they would take great caution with soemthing like this. Yes I would be pissed.
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I'm guessing the contractor will get paid for all three of the gravestones, plus the cost of shipping them.
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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.
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MSgt Manuel Diaz
Maybe his Army Unit wasn't United and really was uited, or under cover and the government couldn't claim him because of national security...
They say that all the time now
They say that all the time now
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Engraving machines have spell check these days! No excuse for this level of incompetence!
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
You would think!
Forget the image of the 90 yo Italian marble carver gently tapping your name in the stone!
Forget the image of the 90 yo Italian marble carver gently tapping your name in the stone!
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