Roosevelt Standard | 1947-12-18 | Page 1 | Army Gives Final Data on War Dead

Army Gives Final Data On War Dead Requests for the disposition of remains of World War II dead must be returned promptly to the Office of The Quartermaster General, Washington, D, C, next of kin were advised today by Col. Graves B, CcGary, commanding com-manding officer, Utah General Distribution Depot, Ogden, Utah, The request, OQMG form 345 Military, which accompanies a letter of inquiry sent to next of kiri js the form whereby the final fin-al resting place of World War II deceased is selected, It should be filled out and returned within with-in 30, days, Colonel McGary said. If the form is not returned within with-in the prescribed time, the Americans Graves Registration Service, Office of the Quartermaster Quarter-master General, assumes the next of kin is not interested and the remains in question is moved to the nearest permanent U. S, Military Mil-itary Cemetery overseas, he explained. ex-plained. Colonel McGary warned next of kin to take great care in filling fill-ing out the request. The American Ameri-can Graves Registration distribution distri-bution center at Utah General Distribution Depot has been advised ad-vised by the Offiee of the Quartermaster Quar-termaster General that approximately approxi-mately 50 per cent of the requests re-quests returned are not acceptable accept-able due to human error, omissions omis-sions or legal insufficiency, the Colonel declared.