Funeral Caisson Services

09/01/2021

Burroughs Battery rendering honors to the fallen.

06/17/2021

Honored our commitment to the unknown.

For the first time in nearly 80 years, since Japanese torpedoes tore through the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941, brothers Harold and William Trapp, who grew up together, joined the Navy together and served and died on the same battleship, are now resting in peace together at Punchbowl cemetery.

01/23/2021

12/17/2020

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 2nd Class Charles A. Jones, 21, of Harvard, Nebraska, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 28, 2020.On

12/07/2020

Burroughs Battery rendering funeral caisson services to Water Tender 2nd Class Edgar D. Gross, United States Navy. Late of BB-37, USS Oklahoma, lost at Pearl Harbor. We were and remain so honored to help bring this sailor home to his family and home. Fair winds and Following seas.

Water Tender 2nd Class Edgar D. Gross, 40, of the Carriger community in Limestone County, was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when the ship was struck by multip...

12/01/2020

One of the saddest days for Burroughs Battery, we were laying one of our own to rest. Rest in Peace Byron Douglas Bryant, until we all meet again on Fiddler's Green. Byron was our friend, our companion, our lead driver, and a fine Christian gentleman.

10/20/2020

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 2nd Class James M. Flanagan, 22, of Jacksonville, Florida, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Nov. 19,

09/08/2020

Another lost Marine heading home, finally!

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Frank L. Athon, Jr., 29, of Cincinnati, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 27, 2020.In

08/11/2020

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced that the remains of Marine Sgt. George R. Reeser have been identified and are being returned to

03/11/2020

I had the honor of visiting the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center in Chattanooga yesterday. What a wonderful experience. There was a display of Lt Alexander Bonnyman life and heroics, which brought back many memories of his funeral. I wanted to share some pictures of Burroughs Battery rendering caisson honors to him.