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ВЕЧНАЯ ПАМЯТЬ кому ( indep. clause fixed WO

a wish that the deceased always be remembered ( usu. for his good deeds, noteworthy acts, great feats etc): вечная память X-y — may X's memory live (on) forever

may X never be forgotten let us never forget X let X be remembered forever.

...Много девушек-связисток осталось в сталинградской земле, вечная им память! (Рыбаков 1). A lot of the girls in the signals were left behind in the soil of Stalingrad. May they never be forgotten (1a).

The closing words of a funeral service.