From an information operations perspective, what is the value added? What does this do to tell the military story to the American people? Whenever a servicemember is KIA, the local, and sometimes regional (and sometimes national, if it was "spectacular" or "heroic") MSM usually publishes some sort of writeup. That serves to notify the people that our folks are continuing to put their lives on the line.

Outside of a professional perspective, all I can imagine is that no good will come of it. How do flag draped coffins do anything other than play into the hands of those that wish to spin the current conflicts in a negative fashion? Further, as a father, if some yahoo used a picture of my son in a coffin to push their agenda (positive or negative) there would be repeated fist/face interactions in their immediate vicinity.