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Family Forced to Pay to Transfer Body of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Withdrawal

Rep. Mills said to FOX that he was “enraged to learn that the Department of Defense had placed a heavy financial burden” on Gee’s family.
Family Forced to Pay to Transfer Body of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Withdrawal
Flag-draped transfer cases line the inside of a C-17 Globemaster II on Aug. 29, 2021, prior to a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The fallen service members died while supporting non-combat operations in Kabul. U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto
Efthymis Oraiopoulos
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The family of one of the 13 fallen U.S. Marines in the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal was asked to pay $60,000 to transfer her body to Arlington National Cemetery, according to her family.

Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) was the first to make this known after contacting the fallen Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee’s family, Fox reported.

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