Burial record of my uncle

I want to find  details of person buried in Veterans Cemetery in Long Island. His name is Patrick Joseph Cullen, born 14/03/1906  died Jan5 , 1967  

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  • NOK, next-of-kin.  Except for the fact that Ann De West was unrelated, haven't a clue.  This is not unusual, She may simply be the person, friend, whomever, who requested interment in this national cemetery.  Likely no one claimed the remains when he died, whatever jurisdiction it occurred in did a cursory search for NOK and came up empty.  She provides proof it's him (it could have been a funeral home), VA checks his eligibility and he's in.  We (the American Legion) do dozens of interments of unclaimed veteran's remains every year.  You could try and find this "Ann" person, but his death and that skimpy record are 50+ years old, so the odds are slim to none for finding anything.  As others have suggested, his mil records are your best bet, assuming they survived the "73 fire.

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