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Ronald John Hemenway, 37, of Shawnee, Kansas, an electronics technician first class of the U.S. Navy. Click here for additional information on the
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Unidentifiable remains of victims of the September 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, the military said Friday. The September 12, 2002, ceremony will hold special significance for families of five people whose remains have never been identified, said Colonel Jody Draves, a spokeswoman for the Military District of Washington, which oversees the cemetery. The service will include burial of the cremated ashes of all remains not linked to a particular victim, as well as some remains which were identified that family members asked to be included. "The intent is not as a memorial service but as a group burial for victims not identified," Draves said. The Pentagon attack killed 189 people: 125 in the Pentagon and 64 aboard American Airlines Flight 77. Remains of the five hijackers on the flight have been separated from those of the victims. The five victims whose remains have not been identified include: Retired Army Colonel Ronald
Golinski, a civilian Pentagon worker
Many relatives will also attend a group burial September 12, 2002, at Arlington National Cemetery honoring the 184 victims who were killed at the Pentagon or on the plane that was crashed into the building when five hijackers took control. Remains from many of the victims will be placed in a single casket and buried in a grave site marked with a headstone bearing all the victims' names. The unique ceremony at Arlington will include
a funeral service at the Memorial Amphitheater near the Tomb of the Unknowns,
the first time the amphitheater will be used for such a service since an
unknown service member from the Vietnam War was buried there in 1984 during
an emotional Memorial Day ceremony with President Ronald Reagan. Those
remains were exhumed in 1998 for DNA tests, which showed that they were
of Air Force Captain Michael Blassie.
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