32 CFR § 553.18 - Eligibility for burial in U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.

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title: "32 CFR § 553.18 - Eligibility for burial in U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery."
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title_name: "National Defense"
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section_name: "Eligibility for burial in U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY"
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subchapter_name: "MILITARY RESERVATIONS AND NATIONAL CEMETERIES"
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authority: "10 U.S.C. 985, 1128, 1481, 1482, 3013, 4721-4726; 24 U.S.C. 295a, 412; 38 U.S.C. 2402 note, 2409-2411, 2413; 40 U.S.C. 9102; and Pub. L. 93-43, 87 Stat. 75."
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# 553.18 Eligibility for burial in U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.

Only the residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home are eligible for interment in the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. Resident eligibility criteria for the Armed Forces Retirement Home is provided for at 24 U.S.C. 412.