Pentagon officials say it's uncertain whether the right people are buried in a number of graves at Arlington National Cemetery because of poor management and record keeping.
In the renewal of an annual seasonal rite, some 24,000 balsam wreaths have been placed on the graves of military personnel at Arlington National Cemetery.
A Senate Democrat says that as many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery could be misidentified because managers there did not do their job properly.
The memorial continues to get a steady flow of visitors, but the deaths of about three quarters of the 400,000 women who served in World War II has left the memorial without many of its benefactors.