I hear you... :( ...but the article's first line indicates,
"The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops..."
I read that as "limbs".
Families may not desire having "the partial remains"...
Reading the CBS account, I don’t think the partial remains even included limbs.
We’re talking about small pieces which could not be used in the DNA tracking procedures for all those unidentified remains.
In other words, whatever was identified as a body part, a chunk off flesh, part of an organ, etc, was shipped back for others to handle. Those unidentifiable parts,...because they were too small or burnt or damaged to even perform a DNA test, still were not immediately disposed.
They were collected and over a period of time, the total numbers added up to parts from a guess of about 2700 cases/servicemen?/camels?/dogs?/bystanders?
Over time, they finally were disposed of as biohazardous waste, which is generally incinerated (not cremated by different documentation processes). The incinerated ash was then disposed of at landfills.
IMHO, there is no problem here.