[Bigg Red]

::... their youngest son, Anthony, who died with cerebral palsy at age 54.::

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I am confused. If he had cerebral palsy, how could he have served in the military?

[Deo volente]

Paul Marino, the father, served in the military in the 1950’s. Anthony, the disabled son, did not.

from the article:

Anthony died on March 15, 2017, at age 54.

Although he did not serve in the military, his parents were permitted to bury him in the veterans cemetery because under cemetery rules, one burial plot can be designated for a veteran’s minor child or an adult child with disabilities, as well as a spouse.

Anthony was laid to rest in a plot beside the future gravesites of his parents.

[lee martell]

I think it was the Dad, Paul, who had served in the military. This was during the 1950’s in peacetime.
Their son Anthony was able to earn a degree in architecture.

[blu]

“Although he (Anthony) did not serve in the military, his parents were permitted to bury him in the veterans cemetery because under cemetery rules, one burial plot can be designated for a veteran’s minor child or an adult child with disabilities, as well as a spouse.”

[TalBlack]

One of his parents may have served.