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Contents—Continued
Effects of prisoners of war, civilian internees, allied and enemy dead 22–9, page 79
Disposition of miscellaneous personal effects 22–10, page 79
Appendixes
A. References, page 80
B. Management Control Checklist, page 85
C. Armed Services Specification for Mortuary Services (Care of Remains of Deceased Personnel and Regular and
Port of Entry Requirements for Caskets and Shipping Cases), page 85
D. Armed Services Specification for Hardwood Caskets for CONUS Base and Port of Entry Requirements, page 95
E. Armed Services Specification for Solid Bronze Urns, page 99
F. Armed Services Specification for Solid Hardwood Urns, page 104
G. Armed Services Specification for Crematory and Cremation Procedures, page 109
H. Checklist for Inspection of Funeral Homes Before Award of Contract for Care of Remains, page 110
I. Armed Forces Public Health Guidelines, page 111
J. Communications with Divorced Parents of Unmarried Deceased or Missing Soldiers, page 112
Table List
Table 1–1: Authorized primary care expenses, page 4
Table 1–2: Authorized secondary care expenses, page 5
Table 1–3: Authorized transportation expenses, page 6
Table 1–4: Authorized and unauthorized memorial expenses (applies only to non-recoverable remains), page 6
Table 1–5: Unauthorized expenses, page 8
Table 1–6: Documents commonly prepared or obtained in disposition of remains, page 11
Table 2–1: Mortuary benefits for eligible decedents 1 , page 12
Table 6–1: List of mortuary supplies and equipment, page 40
Table 8–1: Disposition of remains and portions, multiple death incident, page 45
Table C–1: Standards of grade 1 , page 94
Table D–1: Classification of casket defects 1 , page 98
Table E–1: Classification of urn defects 1 , page 101
Table F–1: Classification of urn defects 1 , page 106
Figure List
Figure 1–1: Monthly report: The Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Open Allotment expenditures, page 10
Figure D–1: Sample hardwood casket design, page 97
Figure E–1: Illustrations of military emblems, page 103
Figure F–1: Illustrations of military emblems, page 108
Figure J–1: Sample letter to divorced recipient parent of unmarried deceased soldier, page 114
Figure J–2: Sample letter to divorced nonrecipient parent of unmarried deceased soldier, page 115
Figure J–3: Sample release statement, page 116
Figure J–4: Sample letter to divorced recipient parent of unmarried POW/MIA soldier, page 117
Figure J–5: Sample letter to divorced nonrecipient parent of unmarried POW/MIA soldier, page 118
Glossary
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