Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§1483 Prisoners of War and Interned Enemy Aliens
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 75 — DECEASED PERSONNEL › SUBCHAPTER II — DEATH BENEFITS › § 1483
Summary
The Secretary may pay to care for and bury prisoners of war and interned enemy aliens who die while in custody. Costs include notifying family; prepare/cremate and clothe the body; a casket or urn with outer box; moving the remains to the cemetery the Secretary chooses; and burial.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1483
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary concerned may provide for the care and disposition of the remains of prisoners of war and interned enemy aliens who die while in his custody and, incident thereto, pay the necessary expenses of— (1)
(2)preparation of the remains for burial, including cremation;
(3)furnishing of clothing;
(4)furnishing of a casket or urn, or both, with outside box;
(5)transportation of the remains to the cemetery or other place selected by the Secretary; and
(6)interment of the remains.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 14835:2155 (as applicable to armed forces).July 15, 1954, ch. 507, § 5 (as applicable to armed forces), 68 Stat. 479. The list of payable expenses has been rearranged to produce a generally chronological result. The words “incurred for”, and the words “articles of” in clause (3), are omitted as surplusage. In clause (5), the words “cemetery or other place” are substituted for the words “town, city, or cemetery”.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 1483
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102