How did JR rate a flagged casket? In the show, he never served in the military, was never a government official, and had no official governmental associations. Was it because of who he was and that Ewing Oil had government contracts? In a real-world scenario, what oil man the equivalant of JR Ewing has rated a flagged casket? That seemed a bit strange to me to see that. But of course, we ARE talking about J.R. Ewing of Dallas after all.
I wondered the same thing when I saw the flag-draped coffin.