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Kennedy Pugh, front left, and family members pay respects to Alvin Pugh鈥檚 remains at Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs, on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Pugh, a 60-year-old Air Force veteran, died in his apartment in New York City in February 2022 and was buried in New York by the VA in 2023, but Pugh鈥檚 family in Colorado wasn鈥檛 notified at the time. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Air Force veteran laid to rest in Colorado after VA mistakenly buried him in New York

August 19, 2024 at 4:33 p.m.

After The War Horse reported on the Pugh family's ordeal three months ago, the VA pledged to reinter Alvin Pugh at Pikes Peak and cover all costs.

Patti Pugh, the sister of Alvin Pugh, poses for a portrait at the family's home in Pueblo, Colorado on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

The VA mistakenly buried their brother in New York as an unclaimed veteran. Now his body is coming home to Colorado.聽

May 24, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

The Department of Veterans Affairs buried Alvin Jerome Pugh in 2023 -- but no one ever notified his family.