[Miss Marple]

When my father passed away 10 years ago the Legion sent men to do a twenty-one gun salute, a flag which they folded and presented to my mother, and an honor guard. My father belonged to the Legion but never went to the hall.

Perhaps it is your local Legion which needs better leadership.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

My dad was buried without a salute from the local Legion. He was a civilian pilot veteran of WW II in the China-Burma-India Campaign who wore an officer's uniform with the CBI patch, but without rank insignia. There were hundreds of these guys who were never recognized for their service in the 40s and later.
Its always seemed curious to me that we rushed to admit Royal Lao soldiers into the ranks of US Veterans but not all of the Americans from CBI, NE & SE Asia, Air America, etc.