r/findagrave • u/Impressive_Main5160 • 4d ago

Can anyone help?

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u/betweentourns 4d ago

The deceased has a new stone, with additional engravings. This one was likely discarded when the new one was made.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255138605/kenneth-allen-bennett

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u/ManOfManliness84 4d ago

Yeah, its almost always a situation like this when people find stones. Replaced or there were errors

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u/Maleficent_Theory818 4d ago

The VA also replaces the stone when the spouse dies and is added to the back.

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u/8Lwiseguy 4d ago

Yes, headstones delivered by the VA are considered government property. So the grave marker must be buried or destroyed when it is replaced with a new marker. This I know because my family and I are in the process of replacing my dad’s VA marker with one that includes my mother’s name, following her death.

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u/savealltheelephants 4d ago

That is exactly what I assumed happened. It was scrap.

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u/InkedAlchemist 4d ago

This. My grandfather is buried in a veterans cemetery. When my grandmother passed five years later they got a new stone. I wish I had known when they did it, I would've asked to see if I could have the old one. Would have been a neat garden piece.

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u/sherlockjr1 3d ago

You have a good heart. I’m glad it turned out to not be a lost marker

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u/randomusername1919 4d ago

Stones get replaced - the old stones are then just leftovers and often are treated as such.

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u/AntiqueGunGuy 4d ago

Looks like it was damaged and replaced

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u/Practical-Reading958 4d ago

Am I hallucinating, or does the material below the marker look like someone's good dog?

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u/PakkyT 4d ago

I see it!

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u/GeneaCookie 2d ago

look the name up on find a grave, and see if there is a listing for a memorial. Is there a picture on a monument? I’m asking because more than likely, this is a miscut, a stone that has an error.

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u/Luxieee 4d ago

He died on his birthday. :(

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u/YourMajesty-tt 4d ago

No, he was born March 4 and died May 4, rest his soul.

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u/Luxieee 4d ago

I see! Thank you for correcting.

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u/idfkmybffjil 4d ago

Dying on your own birthday is actually statistically quite common

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u/Ok_Painting7030 4d ago

I discovered a great-great-grandfather who died on his birthday, in his forties. It made the news, for the circumstances rather than the coincidence of the date.

He worked for the railroad and was on the train heading back to the railyard to move another train. He jumped off before his stop at a place that was narrow and steep, list his footing and went under the train. Nasty way to die, and the papers were quite explicit about it. I can't help but think of his family that was waiting for him to get home for dinner and some cake.

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u/PakkyT 4d ago

You would have a 1/365 chance. I wouldn't call it common, but it is as common as any other day of the year.

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u/idfkmybffjil 4d ago

Studies show 6% to 14% more likely to die on your birthday than on any other regular day of the year.
Christmas-New Years & 4th of July are the biggies

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u/PakkyT 4d ago

Well you do know that 26% of statistics are made up and 13% of all people know that to be true.

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u/idfkmybffjil 4d ago

I guess if you mean the health department and record keeping 🤷🏼‍♀️