[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR72.2]

[Page 348]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.2  Exceptions to consular responsibility.

    (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 Sec. 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 Sec. 72.4.