PHOTOS: Max Cleland laid to rest

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PHOTOS: Max Cleland laid to rest

A graveside service was held Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 for former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia

Linda Dean, the personal assistant to Max Cleland, wipes away tears as friends and family pay final respects to Cleland, former U.S. senator and Veterans Administration leader Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, in a graveside ceremony at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia National Guard removes Max Cleland's flag-draped coffin for the hearse for the funeral Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. The former Georgia senator, U.S. senator and Veterans Administration chief who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam, died in his Atlanta home on Nov. 9 at age 79 of congestive heart failure. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The folded flag is presented to Jacob Kyser at the graveside service for Max Cleland on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Dennis Richard McDonough, head of Veteran Affairs, reads a letter from President Biden to the family of Max Cleland. Cleland was buried Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, in a graveside ceremony at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Pallbearers carry Max Cleland's coffin to the hearse Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The Georgia National Guard plays Taps during the funeral service of Max Cleland on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. The graveside ceremony was at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. The former Georgia senator, U.S. senator and Veterans Administration chief who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam, died in his Atlanta home on Nov. 9 at age 79 of congestive heart failure. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Pallbearers carry Max Cleland's coffin Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, for the graveside ceremony at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends and family pay gather around the gravesite of Max Cleland on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. The former Georgia senator, U.S. senator and Veterans Administration chief who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam, died in his Atlanta home on Nov. 9 at age 79 of congestive heart failure. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Friends pay final respects to Max Cleland on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, after the graveside ceremony at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. A Democrat bound to a wheelchair most of his adult life, the 79-year-old Cleland was one of the first veterans from the killing grounds of Southeast Asia to enter American politics. He took a state senator’s seat in 1971, three years after his wounding, and went on to serve as top administrator in the U.S. Veterans Administration, as Georgia Secretary of State, a U.S. senator and an appointee in other federal agencies.(Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Linda Dean, the personal assistant to Max Cleland, wipes away tears as friends and family pay final respects to Cleland, former U.S. senator and Veterans Administration leader Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, in a graveside ceremony at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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