1. Recovery
2. Transport
3. Initial Burial
4. Identification
5. Final Disposition

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All forms and processes developed as more was learned about what was needed. Some forms had specific form numbers. Others were simply identified by their title. The forms in each section are listed in chronological order by date of creation of the form. If there is no form creation date, then the date of use is used (in parentheses).

Most recovery forms - primarily documentation of the recovery location and the remains - were actually for recoveries after the end of combat.

• (1945-Mar 15) - [Collecting Point to Cemetery Delivery List] - no form number nor date; date is use date
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich (A/40th Tank Bn/7th Armd Div who is the Unknown X-69 on the list) PDF pp 22-23) - 2-page form, transfer of 24 remains from 3042 QM GR Co. collecting point at Bastogne, Belgium, to temporary U. S. military cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg

Initial and final burial forms differed. See the section on dispostion below for final burial forms.

• 1944-Nov - Tooth Chart - Graves Registration Form No 1-A
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich PDF pp 26-27) - 2-page form, used to record the teeth of Unknowns for later comparison with pre-combat tooth charts of missing service members
• (1945?) - Identification Data (Indentification Section, Memorial Division) - no form number nor date; date is guess at use date since content is undated
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich PDF p 12) - 1-page compilation of information on missing service member from records on file

• (1945-Mar-10) - Check List for Disinterments (To accompany Report of Burial) - no form number nor date; date is use date
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich PDF pp 19-20) - 2-page document: Part I (Positive Identification), Part II (Doubtful as Undetermined Identification)

• 1946 Mar 4 - Inspection Checklist (For Use at Distribution Point) - QMC Form R-5024
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich PDF p 7) - Inspection of casket and shipping case during repatriation of remains - this form will have a date shortly after the arrival date on the Disinterment Directive (QMC Form 1194) used for final disposition of remains via repatriation to the United States

• 1946 Mar 15 - Disinterment Directive - QMC Form 1194
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich PDF pp 3-4, 5-6) - This 2-page form was used in three different ways, with an example of each shown above.
  1. The actual disinterment, which includes a description of the condition of the remains
  2. The final dispostion of the remains via repatriation to the United States
  3. The final disposition of the remains via burial in an overseas US military cemetery (example not yet shown)

• 1946 Nov 14 - Request for Disposition of Remains - QMCG Form 345
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich PDF p 1) - transfer of 24 remains from 3042 QM GR Co. at Bastogne, Belgium, to temporary U. S. military cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg

• 1946 Nov 15 - Receipt of Remains - QMC Form 1193
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich PDF p 1) - transfer of 24 remains from 3042 QM GR Co. at Bastogne, Belgium, to temporary U. S. military cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg

• 1948 Mar 5 - Request for Reimbursement of Interment or Transportation Expenses - QMC Form 1236
  
  (source: IDPF of Frank Aldrich PDF pp 13-16) - 4-page form sent to next of kin for designation of their wishes for disposition of the remains or if no longer next of kin (e.g. remarried widow) for designation of new next of kin