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Daughter keeps WWII Marine memory with annual grave vigil
Vicki Abernathy visits a grave every year at the cemetery to honor Hugh Wallace Breakenridge, a World War II Marine she never met. The 63 year old from Vinton places red white and blue carnations on the marker and quietly prays, continuing her late father’s near seven decade pledge.
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Hugh Wallace Breakenridge
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Vicki Abernathy
Buckingham Cemetery
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Wallace Breakenridge
Bernard Schellhase
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