Bullshit..
There's a huge moral and ethical difference between disposing of limbs from a medical standpoint and the dignified disposal of any part of any deceased person. It's amplified 1069% by the fact that we're talking about remains of one of our brothers/sisters in arms.
While this is apparently what happened, this still in no way absolves anyone in the mortuary's chain of command from their responsibility to do the right thing - and dumping the remains anywhere was definitely not the right thing.
A family member choosing to not be notified is NOT the same as giving the mortuary permission to dump the cremains in a landfill. There is a certain expectation that the remains would have been handled in a dignified way.
How big of a grave is needed to bury an urn that's holding cremated body parts? Can't see where that would be labor intensive.
Again, I'd think most people would rather have unclaimed remains buried properly, no matter how many are involved. See what LA County did last week?
https://www.latimes.c...0,3641045.story
THAT's how it's supposed to be done. IMHO, I think the cremains should be buried at a National Cemetery, but I guess the burial at sea option is better than the King George County Landfill.