Death Reference Desk

Warner to Introduce Bill to Revoke Reserved Plots at Arlington Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (March 30, 2011) A quick update on Arlington National Cemetery and its ongoing problems. The lead didn’t necessarily get buried in this most recent article from the Washington Post but the entire Arlington debacle just got a lot more interesting. [...]

Arlington Cemetery Struggles with Old Reservations Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (March 21, 2011) Officials at Arlington National Cemetery — still unable to fully account for who is buried where at the nation’s premier military resting place — are struggling to determine who has reserved plots and whether some of those grave sites are already [...]

For First Time in Decades, Arlington National Cemetery Must Bury Multiple ‘Unknowns’ Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (March 06, 2011) When the remains of a Vietnam War soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified in 1998 using DNA, Pentagon officials proudly said that the days of interring service [...]

Restoring Arlington Cemetery Washington Post Editorial Board (December 27, 2010) What does it mean to restore accountability in the nation’s cemetery? This is a good, succinct Washington Post Editorial on everything that’s gone wrong at Arlington Cemetery. This last year has been particularly bad for Arlington Cemetery and you can read Death Ref’s coverage of [...]