After Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys drowned in 1983, the band reached out to one of their fans, President Ronald Reagan, and requested that Wilson be buried at sea. As all burials-at-sea must be approved by admirals or military officials, Reagan approved the burial and Wilson was laid to rest in January of 1984.
By 1945 D-Day was already six months in the past (6th June 1944) so it would have made no difference