Members of the military community paid their respects to Gerry Brooks, a Marine vet who died at the age of 86 AP Photo/Patrick Whittle Gerry Brooks, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, died alone at a ...

Hundreds of people attended U.S. Marine Corps veteran Gerry Brooks' funeral after he died alone and a funeral home asked for volunteers to serve as pallbearers. (Patrick Whittle/AP) Marine Corps ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI/Gray News) - The military community came together this week to honor a Marine veteran who died last month without any family or friends by his side. Gerry Brooks died at the age ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten. Then the funeral home posted a notice asking if anyone would serve as a ...