Recent burial mistakes at Arlington National Cemetery are worrying families of veterans buried among the other 131 military cemeteries. Arlington National Cemetery has set up a hotline: (703) 607-8199 – to answer calls from families concerned about the burial foulups revealed there and at other military cemeteries.
Veterans groups feared the problems exposed at Arlington might have been repeated elsewhere among 131 military cemeteries run by the Veterans Affairs Department. They called for a special oversight commission set up by Army Secretary John McHugh to expand its probe. Attorney Henry Gare is an experienced cemetery attorney who is investigating claims against the government for the Arlington National Cemetery mixups.
Some of the nation’s military dead may have been misplaced or misidentified at
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