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WEBVTT REPORTER HONOR GUARDS, A 21 GUNS SALUTE TAPS. AND, WHAT COULD BE A LARGE CROWD AT OMAHA’S NATIONAL CEMETERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALL FOR A SOLDIER NO ONE KNEW. >> IT’S JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR THIS MAN AND EVEN NON-VETERAN AFFILIATED GROUPS. REPORTER: GOOD SHEPHERD FUNERAL HOME DIRECTOR MICHAEL HOY SAYS A HOSPICE SOCIAL WORKER CALLED WEEK AGO ASKING IF THEY COULD PROVIDE STANLEY STOLZ A VIETNA VETERAN WITH NO KNOWN FAMILY A PROPER BURIAL. >> THAT BECAME OUR MISSION. REPORTER: BESIDES CONTACTING VETERANS GROUPS, THEY ALSO POSTED THIS NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT’S A PLEA FOR SUPPORT AND AN ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT STOLTZ AND IF HAD ANY FAMILY. IT WENT VIRAL, EVEN ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF CNN ANCHOR JAKE TAPPER. >> THE PATRIOT GUARD WILL BE THERE. AND OF COURSE, THE VETERANS HONOR GUARD. REPORTER: DICK HARRINGTON IS WITH THE FINAL SALUTE SOCIET IT IS A VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT HAS REPRESENTED ABOUT A COUPLE DOZEN SOLDIERS AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. >> IT’S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT SOMEBODY REPRESENTS THE VETERAN. NOBODY DIES ALONE. REPORTER: WE FOUND OUT THAT STOLTZ GREW UP IN EMMETSBURG IOWA. HERE’S A PHOTO OF HIM AS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. CLASSMATES SAY HE WAS A SOFT SPOKEN AND KIND SOUL HIS EX-WIFE SAID HE WAS HAUNTED BY THE WAR, WHICH LEAD TO -- WHICH LED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. IN 2012 HE CAME TO THE STEPHEN CENTER IN OMAH IT’S A HOMELESS SHELTER FOR PEOPLE COMMITTED TO SOBRIETY. HE ENDED UP AT A FREMONT NURSING HOME WHERE HE DIED LAST TUESDAY. THIS IS WHERE HE WILL BE LAID TO REST BESIDE OTHER HEROS AND NOT ALONE. IN SARPY COUNTY, ANDREW OZAKI, KETV NEWSWAT

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A Vietnam veteran who recently died with supposedly no living relatives will not be buried alone.Stanley Stoltz will be laid to rest at Omaha National Cemetery Tuesday.Scores of veteran groups and civilians plan to attend the internment ceremony thanks in part to a plea on social media that went viral."It's just been a tremendous outpouring of support for this man and even non-veteran-affiliated groups," said Good Shepherd Funeral Home director Michael Hoy.Hoy said a hospice social worker called a week ago asking if they could provide Stanley Stoltz, a Vietnam veteran with no known family, a proper burial."That became our mission," Hoy said. Besides contacting veterans groups, they also posted a notice in the newspaper and on social media. The notice included a plea for people to attend the Tuesday service.It was also an attempt to find out more about Stoltz and if he had any family or friends near by.The notice went viral, even attracting the attention of CNN reporter Jake Tapper, who posted the notice on his Twitter page."After publishing that some family did come forward, that live a distance away. One may in fact travel to the service," Hoy said.It also touched a patriotic heart string."The Legion Riders will be there, the Patriot Guard will be there, of course the veterans honor guard," said Dick Harrington.He is with the Final Salute Society, a volunteer group that has represented about a couple dozen soldiers at the national cemetery over the past two years."It's extremely important that somebody represents the veteran. Nobody dies alone," Harrington said.KETV Newswatch 7 was able to learn that Stoltz grew up in Emmetsburg, Iowa.Former classmates said he was a soft-spoken and kind soul.His ex-wife said he was haunted by the Vietnam war which lead to substance abuse.In 2012, he came to the Stephen Center in Omaha, a homeless shelter for people committed to sobriety.Stoltz ended up at a Fremont nursing home where he died last on Nov. 18. He will be laid to rest beside other heroes and not alone.