A Florida city dedicated a bronze grave marker Saturday memorializing a native son who was killed in action in Vietnam and whose burial spot was unmarked for 50 years. An unexpected crowd of 200 attended the dedication at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale for Marine Pfc. The Vietnam Veterans of America discovered Carter was buried in an unmarked grave while tracking down photographs of Vietnam vets for the black granite Wall of Faces in Washington, the Sun-Sentinel reported. Ft. Lauderdale officials said the grave was unmarked for 50 years for unknown reasons. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP“If you die you’re just lost until somebody thinks of you again,” Owens told the paper.

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