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Civil War veteran John Kapsa's unmarked grave receives headstone after 105 years after death
He lay in an unmarked grave in Oakland Cemetery for 105 years until a smattering of volunteers recently decided to make a change. On Monday, May 20, the Sons of the American Revolution, a federally chartered patriotic organization, erected a gravestone in Kapsa's honor. Tony Townsend of Marion and Mike Rowley of Clive installed a 240-pound marble stone provided by the Veterans Administration (VA), marking his grave more than a century after his death.
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