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Sometimes the living must help the dead. In funeral homes throughout the United States and the UK, there are untold numbers of unidentified and unclaimed remains, 20% of these are Military Veterans. They rest above copiers, on shelves, in lockers, and even in utility closets, unnamed and forgotten. Men, Women, Children and War Veterans. How is it that we know nothing about thousands of unclaimed remains? Two Vietnam veterans try to piece together what happened to private "Donald Sutton" ( U.S. Air Force Veteran, Dan Kroeper) a Korean War Veteran whose remains sat on a shelf of a funeral home for over 40 years. Who was he? Why was he forgotten? How did he die? Produced in Association With "Vietnam Veterans NJ Shore Area Chapter 12" and the "Missing in America Project".

Born, left behind in a hospital by her biological mother a young woman who feels an affinity with the abandoned dead, finds more than she bargained for. Journey into the world of gravediggers, coroners, morticians, and the forgotten dead.

A young woman and two American veterans searching for the abandoned dead find more than they bargained for. Directed by Tom Philips (Moonshiners, Forged in Fire, David Attenborough Meets President Obama, MonsterQuest)