A retired NYPD officer died alone. Hundreds gathered at his funeral to pay their respects.

He’d spent his life in service to others — first as a specialist in the U.S. Army and then as an NYPD patrolman.

In January, retired Officer Anthony J. Fuoco died alone.

After his remains went unclaimed for two months and no family could be found, nearly 200 of his fellow officers, veterans and mourners who never met him came to say goodbye and deliver his final honors at Calverton National Cemetery.

Fuoco, 91, was a Korean War veteran and a patrolman for the NYPD until his retirement in 1970, according to the New York City Police Benevolent Association.

Fuoco, who was assigned to the NYPD’s Midtown North Precinct, was found dead on Jan. 31 in his home in Queens. His body remained in the morgue ever since.

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