A Navy veteran who served her country is about to be buried — and right now, no one is expected to show up.
On Friday, March 27, 2026, the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery in Corpus Christi, Texas, will hold an unaccompanied veteran burial for U.S. Navy Airman Apprentice Pamela Sue Lundmark, who was born on October 20, 1946, and served from February 1976 to August 1976. Cemetery officials are now reaching out to the community with a simple, urgent ask: don’t let her be buried alone.
The ceremony is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. at 9974 IH 37 Access Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78410. Lundmark will receive full military honors — but as of now, no next-of-kin is expected to attend. If that remains the case, a Veterans Land Board Representative will step in to accept the folded U.S. flag on her behalf. Officials are urging the public to fill that void instead.
A Call to Show Up
The press release from the cemetery doesn’t mince words: “Please help us spread the word and ensure that this U.S. Navy Veteran is not buried alone.” It’s a quiet plea, but the weight behind it is anything but small. Lundmark gave six months of her life in service to the United States Navy. The least the community can offer is a few minutes at graveside.
There’s no complicated ask here. No registration, no formal dress code. Just show up. Stand witness. Let a veteran know — even in death — that her service was seen.
About the Cemetery
The Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery isn’t new to honoring those who might otherwise slip through the cracks. It’s Texas’ fourth state veterans cemetery, built and operated by the Texas Veterans Land Board under the Texas General Land Office. The facility opened on December 14, 2011, initially on a 30-acre site designed to serve veterans across a 15-county coastal Texas region.
Today, the cemetery sits on 55 acres and is designed to accommodate approximately 31,500 total burials over a 40-year master plan — a mix of in-ground and columbarium spaces. As of the most recent available data, the cemetery holds 2,650 veteran graves, a figure that also served as the coverage goal for Wreaths Across America during its December 2025 ceremony at the site.
The cemetery is currently undergoing expansion, funded in part by a $1.9 million VA grant matched by the Texas Veterans Land Office. That funding is adding to the columbarium and entry gate infrastructure — steady, unglamorous work that keeps the promise alive for the thousands of veterans still to come.
Who Was Pamela Sue Lundmark?
That’s the honest question, and the hard truth is: not much is publicly known. What the record shows is this — she was born in 1946, she raised her hand and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in her late twenties, and she served. Six months isn’t a career by military standards, but it’s a commitment. It counts. And the system she served has not forgotten her, even if the world has.
Still, an unaccompanied burial carries a particular kind of silence. There’s no family to cry. No old friends trading stories afterward. Just the flag, the honors, and — if the community responds — a crowd of strangers who showed up anyway, because that’s what you do.
How to Help or Get More Information
Anyone wishing to attend the burial ceremony or who has information about Lundmark’s family is encouraged to contact the cemetery directly. The director, Alfredo Medina, can be reached by phone at (361) 248-4830 or by email at [email protected]. The cemetery has open burial space and remains VA grant-funded, continuing to serve veterans across the region.
Share the date. Share the address. Show up if you can. Because the only thing standing between a veteran’s final farewell and a ceremony held in silence is whether enough people decide that it matters — and it does.
