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Decedent Affairs Instruction

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BUMEDINST 5360.1

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Casualty Assistance Calls and Funeral Support Program Instruction

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OPNAVINST 1770.1

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Certificate of Death (Overseas) From Number

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DD 2064

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Responsibilities of the Casualty Assistance Calls Program

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  • Initial call must be made to family within 24 hours of death
  • the CACO helps the NOK with problems surrounding the death
  • Provides information on matters such as : SGLI, Personal Affects, Reasonable requests made by NOK.
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Personnel Casualty Reporting Requirements Inst

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MILPERSMAN 1770-010

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Decedent Affairs Manual

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BUMEDINST 5360.1

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Current Death Program

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  • Provides mortuary services, supplies and related services during peacetime
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Graves Registration program

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  • Search, Recovery and evacuation to a temporary cemetery during wartime.
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Concurrent Return Program

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  • Combines current Death Program and Graves Registration Program
  • Originates as Graves for search and recovery then switches to current for identification, preparation of remains and shipment.
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Return of Remains Program

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  • Activates with an act of congress to retrieve remains buried in temporary cemeteries and place them in permeant American cemeteries in the overseas area.
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Casualties Assistance Calls Program

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  • The CACP coordinator for the area that the NOK resides in designates an active duty commissioned officer or a well-qualified senior enlisted member to notify the NOK.
  • First call within 24 hours of death.
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Decedent Affairs Program Objectives

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  • Immediate Recovery and ID of deceased personnel
  • High standards and uniformity in services provided
  • Minimum elapsed time between death and delivery of remains to the primary next of kin
  • prompt notification of the PNOK concerning maters applicable to the decedent affairs program.
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The Command responsible for the decedent affairs program is

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Commander, Naval Medical Command and the Commandant of the Marine Corps

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Command responsible for Administration of the Decedent Affairs Program:

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Commander, Naval Personnel Command

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Officials responsible for directing the disposition of Unidentified Remains:

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  • Commander, Naval Medical Command (MEDCOM-332)
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Examples of Primary Expenses of SM Death

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  • Recovery
  • Preparation
  • Encasement of remains
  • Clothing
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Examples of Secondary Expenses:

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  • Transportation
  • Single grave site
  • Vault
  • Funeral director services
  • opening / closing grave site
  • floral
  • obituary notices
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Who can grant an extention for the escort past the alloted time?

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The CO of the naval activity responsible for making the arrangement.

19
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what temp do you store remains at?

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36-40 Degrees F

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How often do you notify NOK on missing SM

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Daily

21
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Burial uniform provide by the navy:

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  • Dress Blues
  • Cap (if requested)
  • shoes (if Requested)
  • Ribbons and warfare devices
  • underwear
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Committal at sea limitations

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  • 3 miles off the continental shelf

- depths greater than 100 fathoms (600 feet)

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Casket specifications for burial at sea

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  • Metal casket
  • 20 total holes 2 inch diameter ( 2 at head and foot, 4 on each lid half, 8 on bottom)
  • cover holes with porous materials such as paper or cloth
  • casket must weigh 300lbs
  • 5 nylon bands 3/4 inch (2 across each half and 1 length wise)
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certificate of death

Section 1

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Biographical Data

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Certificate of death

Section 2

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  • information surrounding death
  • “i have viewed the remains of the deceased and death occurred at the time and date indicated and from the cases stated above”
  • MO information (Name, Title, Degree, Rank, Instillation, date signed, Signature)
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Certificate of death

Section 3

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  • Disposition of remains

- filled out by mortician preparing the remains

27
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Certificate of death

section 4

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Registration of vital statistics

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