@palafo Shouldn't a Social Security number have been required in both of these cases? Someone should have followed up.
In November 1990, Mr. Zampach submitted a form notifying the American Embassy in Tokyo of her death, but left blank a box on the form asking for her Social Security number, prosecutors said. When he returned to the United States with his mother’s remains, he also omitted her Social Security number from an application for a burial permit.