Nancy Lynchild's grave at Willamette National Cemetery, when it is dug, will seal a marriage while setting a national first. And it will provide a public expression of a life that retired Air Force Lt. Col. Linda Campbell once had to live in secret.
The burial of Lynchild's ashes at the military cemetery will be the nation's first of a veteran's same-sex spouse.
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