What happens when a clone soldier (clonetroopers and stormtroopers included) dies? Does the republic/empire have a mass body disposal facility? Do they bury the dead troopers? Is the equipment issued to this dead soldier salvaged and handed to one of his brothers?
Answer
In the Star Wars book "Imperial Commando: 501st", several Clone Commando warriors insist on a cremation for their fallen colleague. One of their number describe this (somewhat contemptuously) as a "jedi tradition" which strongly suggests that the normal practice is simply to bury their dead in-situ.
...Ennen and Bry had been trained by a Corellian sergeant. It showed. Their attitudes were Corellian; they'd have fitted in seamlessly in any Corellian town.
"Cremation," Ennen said. "I don't care how we do it, but I want him to have a proper cremation."
Later in the same series, come other Clone Troopers talk about giving another fallen comrade a "decent burial", somewhat unsentimentally after removing his armour and kit.
"ARC trooper Lieutenant Alpha-Thirty died of his injuries following an unknown incident, okay?" A'den announced pointedly. "He was too decomposed to ascertain a cause of death. But I recovered his armor and I'm returning his tally to SO Brigade for records purposes. Got it? Because if you didn't, I can repeat it even more slowly."
Fi raised an eyebrow. "He looks pretty decomposed to me. We'll give him a decent burial. Can I have his boots and kama?"
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