That's why a lot of us say we'd rather die than go to a VA facility for anything. For me I'd say the lack of follow through is not what was promised or implied. It may be that it should go without saying that human remains of anyone should be disposed of properly. Seems basic.

At the time me and my squadmates could have cared less what anyone did with our remains if we bought it. It's the luxury of us now old men to become sentimental when thinking about stuff like this. Realistically for me personally at this stage of life I still don't care what they do with my remains. So I've gone full circle back to when I was 20.

We Americans have the benefit that most all our KIAs have been recovered from the battlefileds of old. Many, many countries do not have the monetary resources we do to that and their warriors lie in unmarked places.

This appears on the surface to be a no brainer since we have remains, we have names and all we have to do is inter them. Doesn't seem too complicated. Of course with all the red tape and conflicts of governmental departments plus systems that seem to work with luck only most times, this shouldn't surprise us I suppose.