Recently, the Schultz family of Ripon recalled memories of their late uncle, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Victor Walter Schultz, when they received word that he will be inducted into the
The Leavenworth Times
The remains of a Medal of Honor recipient who died in 1884 will be relocated to the Leavenworth National Cemetery during a ceremony Friday morning.
Army Sgt. Robert McPhelan will be reburied with full military honors. The ceremony will not be open to the public. But Michelle Cebe is inviting people to line up along the route for the procession that will travel from R.L. Leintz Funeral Home to Leavenworth National Cemetery.
“Bring American flags and salute him,” Cebe said.
Cebe is the coordinator for the Wreaths Across America program at Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Her organization has been spearheading the effort to reinter McPhelan at Leavenworth National Cemetery after discovering in December that a Medal of Honor recipient was buried in a potter’s field near Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lansing.