Mismanagement And Misidentifying Graves Disclosed At Arlington Cemetery

A band performs during the funeral of Army Lt. Col. Thomas Belkofer of the 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, New York, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Alex Wong / Getty Images / May 18, 2010)

Defense Officials Disclose Mismanagement At Arlington National Cemetery -- L.A. Times

A Pentagon report details misidentified graves, poor record keeping and a case of one service member being buried on top of another. The cemetery's superintendent and deputy have been ousted.

The Army has misidentified the graves of some of the war dead buried in Arlington National Cemetery, and in least one case buried the body of one service member on top of another, Defense officials disclosed Thursday.

Army Secretary John McHugh has ousted the cemetery's superintendent and his deputy in the wake of a Pentagon inspector general's report highlighting the mismanagement, poor record keeping and other problems at the cemetery, one of the government's most venerated memorials.

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My Comment: Unbelievable. I will not be surprised if more "irregularities" and mismanagement will now come to light in the near future.

More News On Mismanagement At Arlington Cemetery

Army: Bodies misidentified at Arlington Cemetery -- AP
Army Punishes Top Two Administrators Over Mismanagement of Arlington Cemetery -- FOX News
Probe finds bad management, mix-up of some graves at Arlington Cemetery -- USA Today
Army probe finds 211 graves at Arlington Cemetery mishandled -- CNN
At Arlington National Cemetery, Improperly Marked Graves, Mismanagement -- NPR
Update: Arlington graves may be misidentified -- Washington Examiner
Missing Bodies Plague Arlington National Cemetery, Probe Finds -- CBS