This manual, Army Regulation AR 638-8 Casualty and Mortuary Affairs: Army Casualty Program June 2019, prescribes policies and mandated tasks governing U.S. Army casualty operations, to include casualty reporting, casualty notification, and casualty assistance. It provides policy guidance and information to Casualty Assistance Centers and to Soldiers designated to perform the duties of a casualty notification officer or casualty assistance officer. This regulation also provides policies and information pertaining to casualty-related documentation, specifically the Department of Defense Form 93 (Record of Emergency Data), Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, and other life insurance programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. It also applies to the Civilian workforce of each component.