Major U.S. Army Donald B. York - Full Military Honors Funeral, Arlington National Cemetery
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Uploaded by spouse2010 on May 4, 2011
On February 7th, 2011 Major Ret. U.S. Army Donald Benjamin York was laid to rest with full military honors at the Arlington National Cemetery. He passed away on October 30th, 2010 at the age of 65 after suffering from a service-related condition.
Don was born on the Fourth of July, 1945 in Patterson, California. Being a Choctaw Native American, he spent his childhood on an Indian reservation. At the age of 17, he volunteered with the National Guard to serve in special operations in Asia during the Vietnam War, along with other Native Americans. After enlisting with the National Guard, Don completed several regular and special Army training courses and became a sharpshooter. After the Vietnam War, Don became an officer and served in the capacities of an operations specialist, a training specialist, and a security specialist. Most details of his service are classified. Don fully and honorably retired from the armed services in 2005, after having served for 39 years in active duty and the reserve.
His family misses him dearly.
For more information on Donald Benjamin York, please visit his blog at http://donald-benjamin-york.blogspot.com/2010/11/major-ret-donald-benjamin-yo...
For more information on customs of military funerals please visit http://www.mdw.army.mil/customofmf.htm
If you served with Don, please contact our family.
Uploader Comments (spouse2010)
All Comments (22)
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THAT`S AN HONOR YOU CANT PAY FOR.....RIP.
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A very moving ceremony I think more people should actually watch.
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MYNWA !!!!!!
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i just want to show my appriciation to every person out that have servd our country!!!. god bless them!
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I am not American but I was really touched by this video and the information on the site and wanted to say that you must be really proud of him - he seems like he was not only a successful military man, but a great person all round.
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Thank you so much for the video. May God bless him and all that are serving. My condolences to you and your family. I praise him and his duty to this country. I served 13 years and I still feel there is an obligation that I have to salute my fellow brothers. Thank You Major York. SIR.
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Good man,Thank you for serving our country.
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what is that song at the end?
canadawongold 2 weeks ago
@canadawongold
Thank you for watching. This is the Taps bugle call. To learn more about the history and meaning of Taps you can visit tapsbugler. com . The audio is available at archive. org ; just type "TapsBugleCall" into the search box.
spouse2010 6 days ago
thank you for your fathers service he is a true hero reminds me of my fathers service we barried him in 09 can i ask you why did it take from oct to feb to barrie him
1976bigjon 7 months ago
@1976bigjon
I’m very sorry about your loss. The waiting time was due to the fact that Arlington National Cemetery has a hard time keeping up with requests for military honors burial arrangements. With our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the waiting time has increased substantially in the last few years. Military honors are rendered by the 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as “The Old Guard,” and the regiment can perform only so many ceremonies per day; I believe the number is six.
spouse2010 7 months ago