Purple Heart recipient laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery Former Army Sgt. Michael Verardo was laid to rest Wednesday with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Under a gray sky on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, family, friends and fellow service members gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to lay to rest U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Verardo , one of the most catastrophically wounded heroes of the post-9/11