Hospitals & Asylums
Chapter 7 National Cemeteries
§279c Same; preservation of records
The Secretary of the Army shall cause to be preserved in
the records of his office, the names when known, and places of burial of all
persons for whom headstones or markers are authorized by section 279a of this
title. The rank, organization, date of death and other information as the
Secretary of the Army prescribed shall be included in the record.
(July 1, 1948, ch. 791, §3, 62
Stat. 1216; Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, §7(a)(1), (4), (5), (7), June 18, 1973, 87
Stat. 82; See section 2404(d) of Title 38)