CENTRAL CITY, Neb. (AP) — A “buffalo soldier” will be getting a headstone in Central City 71 years after his death.

Benjamin Jackson’s grave at Central City Cemetery has been unmarked since his death in 1945. An American Legion post will provide military rites on Memorial Day.

Military records show Jackson was a buffalo soldier who served in the U.S. Army from 1881 to 1886. Buffalo soldier was the name Indians gave to African-Americans in the army.

Merrick County Historical Society President Bill Bolte says that when the society applied for a government-issued headstone, it learned that a relative has to sign the application. The society found great-grandson Jimmie Jackson, who works in Grand Island. He signed the application, and the headstone arrived in February.