LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Identify individuals who are eligible for decedent affairs benefits.

Navy and Marine Corps members who expire while serving on active duty or active and inactive duty for training are entitled to Decedent Affairs Program benefits. Generally, the following persons under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy are entitled to some decedent affair benefits: dependents, retirees, and civilian employees. For details, see NAVMEDCOMINST 5360.1, Decedent Affairs Manual.

NOTIFICATION OF DEATH

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Identify forms used to report casualties, deaths, and personnel missing or missing in action.

As soon as possible after it is determined that a casualty has occurred, submit a casualty report in accordance with MILPERSMAN 4210100. When death occurs, complete the "Personnel Casualty Report (Death), Report Symbol NMPC 1770-4

Officer/Enlisted." For missing personnel, complete the "Personnel Casualty Report (Missing/Missing in action), Report Symbol NMPC 1770-4 Officer/ Enlisted."

PERSONNEL CASUALTY REPORT
Apersonnel casualty report must be completed for the following persons who become casualties:

Active duty Navy

Retired Navy
Certain former service members
Certain military dependents
Members of other Armed Forces
Civilians serving with or attached to Navy commands

Others whose deaths occur on naval reservations or aboard ships
When a member becomes a casualty, his commanding officer should submit a personnel casualty report. However, if a service member becomes a casualty while away from his command, the command or activity that learns of the casualty occurring should submit the personnel casualty report. The member's command should supplement the personnel casualty report that was previously submitted by another command.

METHOD OF REPORTING CASUALTIES
Personnel casualty reports should be sent by priority message.

Action Addressees on Personnel Casualty Reports

The following activities should be action addresses on personnel casualty reports:

1. Commander, Naval Military Personnel Command

2. Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
3. Casualty Assistance Calls/Funeral Honors Support (CAC/FHS) Program coordinators of the area in which the primary and secondary NOK reside, or the appropriate overseas CAC/FHS program coordinator

4. The Naval Office of Medical/Dental (MEDDEN) Affairs

Information Addressees on Personnel Casualty Reports

The following activities should be listed as information addresses on personnel casualty reports:

1. Secretary of the Navy
2. Navy Finance Center
3. Navy Family Allowance Activity, Cleveland (if the member reported is in a missing status, or if the status is being changed from missing to deceased)

4. The CAC/FHS program coordinator of the area in which the casualty occurred

5. The Chief of Naval Operations (if the casualty is incidental to operations, and on all reports of progress in searches for missing members)

6. The appropriate home port/station, type commander, appropriate operational and administrative commands, and the Enlisted Personnel Management Center (EPMAC)

7. The command or activity designated by the CAC/FHS program coordinator to provide casualty assistance

8. The Fleet Home Town News Center
9. The Naval Safety Center
10. The Judge Advocate General
11. The Appropriate Naval Legal Service Office (if the casualty is the result of other than natural causes)

12. The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology If the decedent was a Marine Corps member, follow the notification procedures and message formats contained in the MARCORCASPROCMAN, MCO P3040.4.