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Box ID = BX000472

Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTING FILES- OPERATION ORDERS-PLANS                                                 

Unit = ARCENT      

Parent Org = CENTCOM     







        APPENDIX 4 TO ANNEX D tO USARCtUl OPERATIONS SOP
        NE-RVICES

        1. PURPOSE. To provide policy and guidance to ensure
        essenti'a-l-Tield services are provided to all army forces and to
        other service components which Third U.S. Army has
        responsibility.

        2. GRAVES REGISTRATION PROGRAM.


             a. Scope. Mortuary affairs activities to which this SOII
        applies are the search, recovery, evacuation, identification,
        care, and disposition of deceased persons for which the Armed
        Services are responsbiie.

             b. Responsibilities-Mortuary Affairs and Personnel Effects
        Programs.

                 (1) Commander Third U.S. Army (TUSA) is designated
             Executive Agent, under the staff supervision of the CENTCOM
             -J4, for the CENTCOM Mortuary Affairs Program to include
             the establishment and operation of the Joint Central Graves
             Registration Office (JCGRO). HO, TUSA will be prepared to
             establish a mortuary/temporary cemetary, as required.

                 (2) The functions of the JCGRO will include
             maintaining data for search, recovery, identification,
             burial, and disposition. The JCGKO Will provide guidance
             on the conduct of the CENTCOM Mortuary Affairs Program.

                 (3) A Concurrent Return Program will be established
             for disposition of U.S. deceased and will be maintained so
             long as conditions and capabilities exist to support the
             program.

             C. Burials.

                 (1) No permanent cemeteries for burial of U.S. dead
             will be established in the JOA. The CINCCENTCOM is the
             approval authority for temporary cemeteries.

                 (2) E@nergency burials will be made only when extreme
             emergencies preclude the evacuation of remains to a
             temporary cemetery. Commanders will ensure that burial
             locations are marked and the appropriate map sheet number
             along with information concerning who is buried are
             reported to the nearest collecting point and to the JCGRO.

              . (3) When-mass-fatalitiea have occured, standard graves
             registration procedures may not be feasible. To shorten
             the interval between the recovery of the remains and
             burial, mass burial procedures may be authorized by
             USCENTCOM.



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