Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial excluded from the burial so that there was no possibility that any terrorist remains were included. These terrorist and commingled remains were turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in February 2002. The FBI said the remains were "disposed of in a dignified manner'", although a very small amount of suspected terrorist remains were retained to aid in later criminal prosecutions. The Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial was dedicated on September 12, 2002. A funeral service for the 30 victims was held at the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, the first time the amphitheater had held such
Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial provider of headstones for Arlington National Cemetery.) The stone was quarried near Danby, Vermont, at a site underground and inside a mountain. Michael E. Cappetta, a stoneworker with Granite Industries, sculpted the marker. It was shipped on or about August 20, 2002, to the cemetery. Identifying remains at the Pentagon was a lengthy and technically complex task. The speed at which the aircraft struck the building, as well as the intensity of the subsequent fire, left few human remains to be found. Furthermore, the fire severely damaged the DNA in some remains that they were impossible to identify. However, DNA