Our Mission

First and foremost, we absolutely support our troops fighting for our country. The purpose of this web site is to request signatures for a petition and to urge people to write their congress representative to establish proper mortuary services in Iraq for our fallen soldiers. Our fallen family hero, 21 year old Sgt. Paul Saylor, died in Iraq on August 15th, 2005, and was returned to our family in an unnecessary state of decomposition so severe that viewing was impossible only 3 days after his death. Our family feels that the viewing would have provided closure and given us a chance to say our final goodbye to our hero.

According to the Army Mortuary Services in Dover, Delaware, the current military procedures are to pack fallen soldiers in ice and then transport them to the United States Dover Air Force Base for a three step process:

Paul A. Saylor
June 6, 1984-August 15, 2005

1) Identification, which includes DNA, dental and fingerprinting
2) Perform autopsy
3) Embalming and preparation of the body

Paul was not even refrigerated. If a proper mortuary facility was in place in Iraq, we would have been able to say our final goodbyes. We don't want this to happen to another soldier's family!

All fallen soldiers deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and establishing proper mortuary services in Iraq will ensure no future family members are denied their final goodbye to their American hero who died for our country. Please help us fight for those who fight for us by placing your name on the online petition on this website, and by going to the link www.congress.org, finding your government representative's address, and letting them know that you will not stand for this disrespect to be done to one more American hero.