I'm a retired Sergeant First Class Vietnam Era Veteran born and raised in Hutchinson.

The below is an example that you are prohibited from doing and that may endanger your Find a Grave membership:

Do not misrepresent your identity or your affiliations in any way to Find a Grave employees or representatives or other users of the Find a Grave website.

NAMES / MILITARY DESIGNATIONS: While some people adamantly refuse to add it, I WILL honor their service and rank. A veteran who has served honorably in a time of peace or war may bear the title of the highest grade held during that period. There's a difference between the "living" and the "deceased" military veteran. The living have protocols to follow, understandably. But when one is deceased, they are honored by what they and/or the family wishes if authorized. They have the right for a military headstone, niche or marker issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This includes the highest rank that they achieved while on active duty under an honorable discharge. DoD policies and protocols referred by other members only refer to living veterans. It's simple. No room for personal interpretations. They earned it. Honor them. And follow FAG guidelines. If ANYONE has a DoD Regulation that specifically says that a rank cannot be put on an online memorial, I would like to see it. Stop with the DoD regulations if you can't back it up.

ADDING OBITS: "Since the move to Ancestry and the new website, newspaper obituaries, death certificates and other scanned documentation is allowed. We encourage members to move the images down to the bottom of the photo display so that they are not the first thing you see when viewing a memorial page."

FAG's mission is to document. It's up to the community, which includes family members, to tell their story. We build on these memorials based on suggestions which FAG has set up. If FAG says that a veterans rank may be included by their guidelines, it should be honored, not left up to personal opinion. DoD protocols refer only to that of the living, not the deceased.

NOTE: If you're looking for loved ones that died in Missouri between 1910-1966, use the below link to search for their death certificates.

http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/deathcertificates

Our goal
Find a Grave's mission is to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience.

Who is behind Find a Grave?
First and foremost, you are. Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour. The site simply wouldn't exist without the million+ contributors. When it comes to administrating, building, maintaining and supporting the site, there are dedicated Find a Grave teams that help out on a daily basis.

I'm a retired Sergeant First Class Vietnam Era Veteran born and raised in Hutchinson.

The below is an example that you are prohibited from doing and that may endanger your Find a Grave membership:

Do not misrepresent your identity or your affiliations in any way to Find a Grave employees or representatives or other users of the Find a Grave website.

NAMES / MILITARY DESIGNATIONS: While some people adamantly refuse to add it, I WILL honor their service and rank. A veteran who has served honorably in a time of peace or war may bear the title of the highest grade held during that period. There's a difference between the "living" and the "deceased" military veteran. The living have protocols to follow, understandably. But when one is deceased, they are honored by what they and/or the family wishes if authorized. They have the right for a military headstone, niche or marker issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This includes the highest rank that they achieved while on active duty under an honorable discharge. DoD policies and protocols referred by other members only refer to living veterans. It's simple. No room for personal interpretations. They earned it. Honor them. And follow FAG guidelines. If ANYONE has a DoD Regulation that specifically says that a rank cannot be put on an online memorial, I would like to see it. Stop with the DoD regulations if you can't back it up.

ADDING OBITS: "Since the move to Ancestry and the new website, newspaper obituaries, death certificates and other scanned documentation is allowed. We encourage members to move the images down to the bottom of the photo display so that they are not the first thing you see when viewing a memorial page."

FAG's mission is to document. It's up to the community, which includes family members, to tell their story. We build on these memorials based on suggestions which FAG has set up. If FAG says that a veterans rank may be included by their guidelines, it should be honored, not left up to personal opinion. DoD protocols refer only to that of the living, not the deceased.

NOTE: If you're looking for loved ones that died in Missouri between 1910-1966, use the below link to search for their death certificates.

http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/deathcertificates

Our goal
Find a Grave's mission is to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience.

Who is behind Find a Grave?
First and foremost, you are. Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour. The site simply wouldn't exist without the million+ contributors. When it comes to administrating, building, maintaining and supporting the site, there are dedicated Find a Grave teams that help out on a daily basis.