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A Mass. mother's wish to be buried with son killed in Iraq could alter VA rules
« on: December 30, 2009, 07:13:26 PM »
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Denise Anderson lost her only son in the Iraq war. She's determined not to lose her fight to be buried with him in a national veterans cemetery.

Army Spc. Corey Shea died Nov. 12, 2008, in Mosul, with one about a month left on his tour of duty in Iraq. He was buried at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, about 50 miles from his hometown of Mansfield, Mass.

A grieving Anderson, 42, soon hit an obstacle in her quest to be buried in the same plot with her son. That chance is offered only to the spouses or children of dead veterans; Corey Shea was 21, single and childless.

The Veterans Affairs Department grants waivers and has approved four similar requests from dead soldiers' parents since 2005.

Anderson also sought a waiver. But under the VA's policy, she has to die first to get one, a limbo that Anderson finds tough to live with.
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I'm sorry, but if people want to be buried next to a war veteran, perhaps they should purchase a family plot. IMO, National Cemeteries are for Veterans.
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Re: A Mass. mother's wish to be buried with son killed in Iraq could alter VA rules
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2009, 07:40:53 PM »
I find it pretty hard not to agree with you. I can understand a young child or spouse, but his mom?
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Re: A Mass. mother's wish to be buried with son killed in Iraq could alter VA rules
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2009, 08:04:38 PM »
IIRC, a spouse can be buried on top of the vet...

but a mom? that's friggen weird.
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