Division of Archives and Records Service Military death certificates, i 1941-1953.

These are death certificates for United States soldiers killed overseas during World War II and the Korean War whose bodies were sent to Utah for reburial. Even though these certificates were filed long after the date of death, it was necessary by law to obtain a death certificate before burial. They were issued by the Federal Security Agency to be filed at Utah's Bureau of Vital Statistics and they were accompanied by a federal health permit number which allowed shipment and burial in the United States. Included on each certificate is the following information: place of death; usual residence; name of deceased; date of death; sex; color; marital status; birth date; age; birthplace; usual occupation; citizen status; name of father and mother; name of spouse; social security number; name of informant; health permit number; indication as to whether this was a burial, cremation, or removal; date certificate was filed; name of cemetery; registrar's signature, and funeral director'ssignature. Although there is a place to indicate cause of death, most informants do not detail the actual cause but have written instead the name of the war in which the deceased had fought.