32 CFR § 553.23 - Placement of cremated remains at Army National Military Cemeteries.

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title: "32 CFR § 553.23 - Placement of cremated remains at Army National Military Cemeteries."
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title_name: "National Defense"
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section_name: "Placement of cremated remains at Army National Military Cemeteries."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY"
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# 553.23 Placement of cremated remains at Army National Military Cemeteries.

All cremated remains shall be interred or inurned. The scattering of cremated remains and the burial of symbolic containers are prohibited in Army National Military Cemeteries.