What Do Those Coins Left On Soldiers’ Graves Actually Mean?

The seemingly endless rows of white marble sprawling across Arlington’s rolling green hills are perfectly uniform. Each row is measured so precisely that not a single plot is askew.
Unlike the crosses and Stars of David that fill the American cemetery at Normandy, the Danby marble headstones that border the Pentagon and the Potomac are all the same shape. Only the names and service details etched into the slabs make the otherwise identical markers unique. That, and the occasional coins left resting on top of a select few. The story behind those mysterious coins is steeped in legend.
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Rest easy Master Sargent USAF HOWARD LUTHER WALLACE miss you pop...

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May the fallen rest in peace...

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I lost my cousin in 2010. He served 4 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He died during battle in the Helmand Province.
Rest in Peace Staff Sergeant Michael Bock. ✝️

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Thanks for you for your service and sacrifice

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Thank you for this!

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Cool bit of lore that I never knew.

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I'm still taking the ghost coins