Monday, January 30, 2012

VA Cemeteries National Disgrace

In August, 2010 the Washington Post reported that an internal Army investigation found that 211 graves at Arlington National Cemetery were unmarked or misidentified.  After that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) decided to review all 131 cemeteries under its control.  So far the VA audit has revealed problems with 123 graves in 6 VA cemeteries in six states, including eight cases in which people were buried in the wrong site.   Most of the other mistakes consisted primarily of headstones and markers that were moved to the wrong graves during renovations, generally one space away from where they were supposed to be.  A smaller number of mistakes consists of missing headstones.  The VA has contacted affected families to apologize and to describe the corrections being made.  What would the repercussions be if this happened in non-VA cemeteries?

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