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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow.  MIL is going to be buried right next to FIL, who was in the military.  How fair is this, when current military members are not guaranteed burial (and certainly not in a timely manner)? [/quote]

Spouses have always been buried together, or at least for a very long time. Read the dates on many of the tombstones.

Do you have a citation for the info that current military members are not guaranteed a place at Arlington? That is the opposite of what I have been told. 
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My understanding spouses are entitled to burial with their spouse, however not all vets or retirees are eligible for Arlington.  [/quote]

If a service member is eligible for burial at Arlington Cemetery then spouses and dependents also may be buried with the service member.  They are stacked.  The service member does not need to be buried there first.  Obviously only the service member would be eligible for specific types of ceremonies attached to the burials.

Friends of ours lost their son when he was very young.  The son is buried at the father's grave site.  The parents will be buried with their son when they pass.  The father is a decorated combat veteran if that makes a difference.[/quote]

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