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eceiving funeral, ground transportation arrangements will be made by the preparing CAC within the United States or
the Director, Mortuary Affairs outside the United States. Transportation will be paid by the CAC to the contractor.
b. When commercial air transportation is used to deliver the remains to the commercial airport serving the receiving
funeral home with subsequent ground transportation to the receiving funeral home.
(1) Commercial air transportation arrangements will be made by the preparing CAC within the United States or the
Director, Mortuary Affairs outside the United States. Transportation expenses will be prepaid by the CAC
(2) Ground transportation arrangements from the commercial airport to the receiving funeral will be made by the
receiving funeral home. The preparing CAC within the United States or the Director, Mortuary Affairs outside the
United States must coordinate commercial air carrier schedules with the receiving funeral home. Transportation
expenses will be reimbursed to the PADD as part of the funeral and interment claim.
11–12. Transportation of remains of dependents of military personnel
The remains of dependents of military personnel (para 2–14) may be transported to decedent’s home, or any other
place determined to be the appropriate place of interment. The shipment of remains of dependents of soldiers is
arranged as follows:
a. Within the United States. All transportation arrangements will be made by the PADD’s contracted funeral home.
The CAC will not arrange transportation of remains using Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Open Allotment funds
without the prior approval of CDR, PERSCOM (TAPC–PED–D).
b. Outside the United States.
(1) When ground transportation is the sole method used to transfer the remains from the preparing mortuary to the
receiving funeral, ground transportation arrangements will be made by the Director, Mortuary Affairs. Transportation
will be paid by the mortuary to the contractor.
(2) When commercial air transportation is used to deliver the remains to the commercial airport serving the
receiving funeral home with subsequent ground transportation to the receiving funeral home—
(a) Commercial air transportation arrangements will be made by the Director, Mortuary Affairs preparing the
remains. Transportation will be paid by the mortuary to the commercial carrier.
(b) Ground transportation arrangements from the commercial airport to the receiving funeral will be made by the
receiving funeral home. The Director, Mortuary Affairs preparing the remains must coordinate commercial air carrier
schedules with the receiving funeral home and the CAC responsible for the geographic area of the receiving funeral
home. Transportation expenses will be reimbursed to the PADD as part of the funeral and interment claim .
11–13. Payment of transportation of deceased dependents of active duty soldier
a. The CAC will initiate a DD Form 1375 and provide the form to the soldier or other interested person, when the
soldier is not available, to submit with the claim for reimbursement of transportation of remains expenses.
(1) The CAC completes items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
(2) The soldier completes items 12, 13, 16, and 18.
(3) Items 5, 11, 14, 15, and 17 are left blank
b. The soldier will submit the DD Form 1375 with a copy of the signed service contract with the funeral home,
GPL, CPL (as appropriate), a certificate of death, and DA Form 5327.
c. The claim will be submitted to either the CAC providing assistance to the soldier at home station or place of
interment. Prior to paying the claim, the CAC must verify the claim has not been previously paid. Claim payment
information can be obtain from DCIPS.
11–14. Remains of Retired military and their dependents
a. Retired military personnel, continuously hospitalized. The transportation of remains for retired military personnel
who are continuously hospitalized from the date of retirement until the date of death (see para 2–9a) are arranged in
the same manner as soldiers who die on active duty.
b. Within the United States. Remains of military retirees and their dependents (see para 2–9 and 2–16) may be
transported to a place of burial that is no further distance than the decedent’s last place of residence, nearest
Government cemetery accepting new interments, or Government cemetery where the retiree or dependent of a retiree
has an interment agreement. Amount paid for transportation may not exceed cost of transportation from place of death
to decedent’s last place of residence unless the remains are transported to the nearest Government cemetery accepting
new interments, or Government cemetery where the retiree or dependent of a retiree has an interment agreement. When
place of death and place of burial are local to the residence, transportation is authorized for removal of remains from
place of death to a local funeral home and from a local funeral home to a local cemetery. Transportation may not be to
a place outside the United States.
(1) All transportation arrangements will be made by the PADD’s contracted funeral home. The CAC will not
arrange transportation of remains or prepay transportation expenses with Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Open Allotment
funds without the prior approval of CDR, PERSCOM (TAPC–PED–D).
(2) When retiree qualifies for transportation by the VA under chapter 23, title 38, United States Code, the retiree’s
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