‘We need to never forget’: Guntersville community honors fallen service members

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The City of Guntersville held a ceremony Monday, where hundreds of people gathered to remember and honor the service members who couldn’t be there.

“It’s Memorial Day, and it is just absolutely special that we need to never forget,” U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Lee Yarberry. “It’s the memory of those that went before and those that we have lost, those that are not with us.”

Keynote Speaker Jason Scheidegger lost his father in combat when he was eight years old. More than 40 years later, he said many memories have faded but Memorial Day is about honoring and remembering him…

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