First Coast News • 30 Jan 2019
Senior Chief John Hermsdorf served our country in the Navy for 20 years. His family in Jacksonville says he saw an article on the Neptune Memorial Reef and told them that’s what he wanted for his cremated remains.
His daughter, Lauren, said, “I always remember him saying, ‘I’ll be in the ocean, and so no matter where you are, I’ll be around you.’”