AdminsAreLazyID10TS t1_j26frnk wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:11 AM

Reply to comment by KindAwareness3073 in TIL, Before 1915, French Soldiers didn't have the right to be buried individually by PeperoniMaestro

Not having the right doesn't mean you can't get one, it just means the government didn't guarantee it. Although the reality of war means if you're outright killed you're probably going in the mass grave before your family can claim the body.

Fun fact: If you're an American, you don't have the right either. Unclaimed bodies are usually cremated and buried in collective graves.

KindAwareness3073 t1_j26if29 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:30 AM

The very point is the government didn't make the effort.

I don't kmow where you get your misinformation but the American Defense Department's Graves Registration Command is still working to identify remains of WWII soldiers and those from later wars. Just last week they ID'd the remains of a B-17 crewman from New Jersey. Remains are individually buried, not cremated,