steven ryman, a homeless man who served in the navy in vietnam, died in a local hospital two weeks before. locals didn't know him. so the coroner asked for help in finding his loved ones. as word spread, so did respected. >> it's our honor for those of us still here to do this for the vets. >> reporter: ryman's sister was finally located. she and her brother had been out of touch for several years. >> i never, ever expected a turn-out like this. >> reporter: earlier this year, people in kansas paid homage to a homeless vet named eton gilmore, awarded a purple heart in vietnam. in the spring, another homeless veteran named serena vine was buried wi virginia. on any given night, tens of thousands, perhaps as many as 40,000 american veterans, wander our streets in search of shelter. men and women who come home from the service, but for reasons difficult and sometimes indiscernible, can't reconnect with civilian life. the chapel at the state veterans cemetery near casper, was filled to overflowing for steven ryman's funeral. his death is a reminder of all the other homeless veterans. while th

, spec th of us still here state veterans cemetery near casper, was filled to overflowing for steven ryman's funeral. his death is a reminder of all the other homeless veterans. while they have done their duty, our duty to them remains unfulfilled. harry smith, nbc news. >>> and that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and ?? >> announcer: this is today's tmj4, live at 6:00. >> now at 6:00, a pewaukee man charged with his 5th dui after he nearly crashed his car into a house. that crash happened on thanksgiving, the aftermath all caught on camera. >> rikki mitchell joins us from headquarters in waukesha. >> state trooper first noticed the driver, justin murphy, when he was going more than 100 miles an hour on a frontage road. the trooper loss sight of the driver, but learned murphy crashed his car very close to somebody's house. this dashcam video shows the moments the state trooper pulled up alongside a man walking on the road later identified as murphy. the first trooper can be heard and when the trooper asked if he had j