Joel C. Kernodle
Services for Joel C. Kernodle will commence at 1100 hrs 7-July-2003 at the Admin Center directly behind the visitors' center at the main entrance to Arlington National Cemetery.
There will be NO Chapel services.
The burial will be STANDARD Marine Corps enlisted burial services consisting of an 8 man burial party, 7 man firing detail, NCOIC, Chaplain, bugler and a contingent of the Marine Corps Band for ruffles and flourishes.
All services will be conducted at the gravesite.
All participating in the ceremony are advised to be formed in group by 1015 hrs. All in party are to meet at the above mentioned Admin Center. All in party are advised to come equipted with adequate but minimal transportation to follow the burial party and hearse from the admin center to the gravesite.
All attending ceremony are to be at Admin Center with transportation at no later than 1030 hrs.
Floral arraingments will be the responsibility of the attending parties and will be left at the gravesite until the administrator or his representitive deems them to be either to faded or unsightly to be of a dignified nature. Wreaths must be of the type that can be pegged into the ground via self contained wire legs.
Gravesite section and plot number will be made public knowledge no more than 24 hours prior to the service. (The female Army SFC that I spoke with told me to call on Saturday prior to the service before noon and she'll tell me the section number and grave number as a courtesy to our group.)
It is requested and expected that all salutes rendered by non-active duty military personell be done by placing the right hand over the heart instead of the traditional military salute. Proper decorum is expected. Unless specifically approached by the NCOIC of the burial party, it is requested that all members of the attending party restrict contact to the burial party to the Chaplain only.
Attire is expected to be of a dignified nature but does not have to be formal. (No shorts and tank tops and flip flops etc.) Head gear is acceptable but must be removed and placed over the heart during salutes and benedictions.
It is requested that the attending parties retreat from the gravesite immediately after the Chaplain's retreat and remain away from the gravesite until the grave is properly filled and the guard retreats.
Joel C. Kernodle