10 U.S.C. § 1484: Pensioners, indigent…

Summary

When no one else can arrange a proper burial, the Secretary can arrange care and pay for the remains of pensioners and poor patients who die in military hospitals and for people who die on military bases. This can include six types of costs: telling the next of kin or another appropriate person, preparing the body (including cremation), providing clothing, supplying a casket or urn with an outer box, moving the remains to a cemetery the Secretary picks, and burying them.

Title 10, §1484

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If proper disposition of the remains cannot otherwise be made, the Secretary concerned may provide for the care and disposition of the remains of pensioners and indigent patients who die in hospitals operated by his department and of persons who die on the military reservations of that department 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 a cemetery selected by the Secretary; and

(6)interment of the remains.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 14845:2156 (as applicable to armed forces).July 15, 1954, ch. 507, § 6 (as applicable to armed forces), 68 Stat. 479. The words “If proper disposition of the remains cannot otherwise be made” are substituted for 5:2156 (last sentence). The words “maintained and” and “incurred for”, and the words “articles of” in clause (3), are omitted as surplusage. The words “of that department” are inserted for clarity.

§1484 Pensioners, Indigent Patients, and Persons Who Die on Military Reservations

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Title 10, §1484

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