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Pre-Need Eligibility
Planning in advance for a Veteran's or loved-one's final resting place can eliminate unnecessary delays and reduce stress on a family at a difficult time.
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Green Burials
NCA accepts both cremated and intact remains that are prepared naturally for interment in green burial sections at its open national cemeteries.
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Memorial Benefit: Medallion
Medallions are furnished in lieu of a traditional Government headstone or grave marker for those Veterans who served on or after April 6, 1917, and whose grave in a private cemetery is marked with a privately purchased headstone or marker.
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Find a Cemetery
NCA's interactive map enables Veterans to search for their final resting place or for those who want to visit their Veteran interred at
157 VA managed or
124 VA grant-funded cemeteries.
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Determining Your Burial Eligibility in Advance
Planning ahead for a Veteran's or loved one's final resting place can eliminate unnecessary delays and reduce stress on a family at a difficult time.
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Pre-need eligibility for burial in a VA national cemetery
If your Veteran or loved one has already passed away, you do not need to apply for a pre-need determination. Call the
National Cemetery Scheduling Office
directly at
800-535-1117
TTY: 711
to determine your loved one's eligibility for time-of-need requests.
Burial and Memorial Benefits
Review the VA benefits to plan the burial or memorial for Veterans and family members, check eligibility and find out how to apply.
Learn about these VA burial and memorial benefits and more:
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Veterans Legacy Memorial
The Veterans Legacy Memorial is the nation's largest digital platform dedicated to the memory of more than 10 million Veterans and servicemembers.
Visit their memorial pages to celebrate their legacy, military service and sacrifice to our nation.
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Tuskegee Airmen Day (Mar. 26)
On March 26, NCA honors Tuskegee Airmen Day. Their flight school in Tuskegee, Alabama, began as a civilian pilot-training program, as the U.S. military denied African Americans the opportunity to fly until 1940. During World War II, Tuskegee Airmen served in the African American flying units of the U.S. Army Air Forces, credited with 1,491 missions.
They served as pilots, navigators, bombardiers, engineers, quartermasters, warrant officers, support and medical personnel, and instructors. Their achievements advanced integration practices and civil rights in the middle decades of the twentieth century and their accomplishments laid siege to entrenched prejudice in American society and military policy. In 2006, Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal for their service.
Nearly 100 Tuskegee Airmen are interred at VA national cemeteries. Learn more about them and visit their memorial pages to celebrate the legacy, military service, and sacrifice of these heroes.
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National Medal of Honor Day (Mar. 25)
The greatest commendation our nation can confer is the Medal of Honor. The first Medals of Honor were presented on March 25, 1863. To commemorate this date and all Medal of Honor recipients, Congress declared March 25th as National Medal of Honor Day.
The Medal of Honor is reserved for those who have distinguished themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity." This National Medal of Honor Day, we remember the courage and selfless sacrifice of those incredible individuals.
There are 434 Medal of Honor recipients buried in VA national cemeteries including 6 double recipients. Learn more about the Medal of Honor recipients and visit their memorial pages to celebrate their legacy, military service and sacrifice to our nation.
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