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... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > military funerals
... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > human development and life transitions > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > military funerals
... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > military funerals
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > death in culture > death rituals and ceremonies > military funerals

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military funerals  

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  • Military funerals are funerals for any veteran other than those individuals who left the military with less than an honorable discharge, for soldiers who died on the battlefield, and for other wellknown military figures. Customarily, when the president or prime minister or monarch of a nation dies, he or she receives a military funeral. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Funerals, Military]

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