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Duty Calls: Honor Guard funerals far fewer in 2020
Terry Brown
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New York Army National Guard Sgt. Joshua Sanzo a member of the northern district Honor Guard, salutes the casket of Victor Frager during a military funeral in 2018 at the Gerald B. Solomon National Cemetery, Schuylerville.Spc. Andrew Valenza / New York Army National Guard
Scores of New York National Guard Honor Guard soldiers and airmen had far less military funerals to perform last year and the elite soldiers and airmen had to adjust the way they performed their duties.
Pandemic restrictions on funeral services have resulted in New York Army and Air National Guard Honor Guard teams providing more than 2,000 fewer military funeral services in 2020 than in 2019, according to Eric Durr, state Division of Military and Naval Affairs spokesman.