Dignified Transfer of Lance Cpl. Ross S. Carver 9/5/2010. A dignified transfer is the process by which, upon the return from the theater of operations to the United States, the remains of fallen military members are transferred from the aircraft to a waiting vehicle and then to the port mortuary.

Dignified Transfer of Lance Cpl. Ross S. Carver 9/5/2010. A dignified transfer is the process by which, upon the return from the theater of operations to the United States, the remains of fallen military members are transferred from the aircraft to a waiting vehicle and then to the port mortuary.