Decedent Affairs Flashcards
Decedent Affairs Instruction
BUMEDINST 5360.1
Casualty Assistance Calls and Funeral Support Program Instruction
OPNAVINST 1770.1
Certificate of Death (Overseas) From Number
DD 2064
Responsibilities of the Casualty Assistance Calls Program
- 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.
Personnel Casualty Reporting Requirements Inst
MILPERSMAN 1770-010
Decedent Affairs Manual
BUMEDINST 5360.1
Current Death Program
- Provides mortuary services, supplies and related services during peacetime
Graves Registration program
- Search, Recovery and evacuation to a temporary cemetery during wartime.
Concurrent Return Program
- 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.
Return of Remains Program
- Activates with an act of congress to retrieve remains buried in temporary cemeteries and place them in permeant American cemeteries in the overseas area.
Casualties Assistance Calls Program
- 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.
Decedent Affairs Program Objectives
- 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.
The Command responsible for the decedent affairs program is
Commander, Naval Medical Command and the Commandant of the Marine Corps
Command responsible for Administration of the Decedent Affairs Program:
Commander, Naval Personnel Command
Officials responsible for directing the disposition of Unidentified Remains:
- Commander, Naval Medical Command (MEDCOM-332)
Examples of Primary Expenses of SM Death
- Recovery
- Preparation
- Encasement of remains
- Clothing
Examples of Secondary Expenses:
- Transportation
- Single grave site
- Vault
- Funeral director services
- opening / closing grave site
- floral
- obituary notices
Who can grant an extention for the escort past the alloted time?
The CO of the naval activity responsible for making the arrangement.
what temp do you store remains at?
36-40 Degrees F
How often do you notify NOK on missing SM
Daily
Burial uniform provide by the navy:
- Dress Blues
- Cap (if requested)
- shoes (if Requested)
- Ribbons and warfare devices
- underwear
Committal at sea limitations
- 3 miles off the continental shelf
- depths greater than 100 fathoms (600 feet)
Casket specifications for burial at sea
- 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)
certificate of death
Section 1
Biographical Data
Certificate of death
Section 2
- 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)
Certificate of death
Section 3
- Disposition of remains
- filled out by mortician preparing the remains
Certificate of death
section 4
Registration of vital statistics
