I'm a veteran arranging my own marker ahead of time and wanted it done properly. This https://memorystones.us/blog/engraving-ideas-personalization/military-headstones-and-army-headstones-read-like-a-language-once-you-know-it/ lays out the conventions clearly, including how conflicts and units are typically noted. Some of it I'd have gotten wrong from memory. My paperwork is set now and my daughter won't have to figure it out later. The section on emblems of belief was thorough and covered options I didn't know existed.
