22 C.F.R. § 72.2 Exceptions to consular responsibility.
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(a) Department of Defense personnel. The Department of Defense is required to report officially the deaths of its military and civilian personnel. However, if no representative of the Department of Defense is present in the consular district where the death occurs, the consular officer should inform the Mission in the country to which he is assigned regarding the circumstances, for action by the appropriate attache. In colonial or trustee areas, or in countries in which no Defense Department attaches are assigned, the consular officer should telegraph the particulars of the death to the Department of State, indicating the maximum length of time before local burial is mandatory, for action by the Department of Defense. All inquiries concerning the death of any person falling within this category should be referred to the Department of Defense, Washington, DC 20301. Instructions in this paragraph do not apply to reporting the deaths of dependents of Department of Defense personnel or to reporting the deaths of contractor personnel, i.e., United States civilians employed in foreign countries by commercial concerns operating under contract with the Department of Defense, or their dependents. The deaths of such persons should be reported in the manner prescribed in §72.4 (b) Coast Guard personnel. The United States Coast Guard is required to report officially the deaths of its military and civilian personnel. If death occurs in any country in Europe or the British Isles in which a Coast Guard detail is not assigned, the consular officer should inform the Senior Coast Guard Merchant Marine Detail Officer (Europe), London, England, by telegraph. If the death occurs outside Europe or the British Isles, the consular officer should telegraph the particulars of the death to the Department of State, indicating the maximum length of time before local burial is mandatory, for action by the Coast Guard. All inquiries concerning the death of Coast Guard personnel should be referred to the Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20226. The instructions in this section do not apply to reporting the deaths of dependents of Coast Guard personnel. The deaths of such persons should be reported in the manner prescribed in §72.4.
Title 22: Foreign Relations
PART 72—DEATHS AND ESTATES
Reporting Deaths of United States Citizens
§ 72.2 Exceptions to consular responsibility.
