The Senate approved legislation on Tuesday that would honor the wishes of service members should they die in the line of duty. Service members designate on their personnel forms (Department of Defense Form 93) their requests for the disposition of their remains in the event they die while on duty. These forms are updated before a deployment or every 12 months during an annual personnel review, making the information more current than a will in most cases. Since some states do not officially recognize the DD 93 designation, there have been instances of civil actions between family members over the ultimate disposition of a fallen service member’s remains. Senate Bill 586, which I co-sponsored, would require Pennsylvania to recognize a service member’s wishes as indicated on the DD Form 93. Currently, 40 states use the DD Form 93 in cases involving the death of a service member in active duty status.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:46:48 +0000
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