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VA burial benefits and memorial items

VA burial benefits can help service members, Veterans, and their family members plan and pay for a burial or memorial service in a VA national cemetery. Family members can also order memorial items to honor the service of a Veteran. Find out how to apply for the burial benefits you’ve earned, and how to plan for a burial in advance or at time of need.

Get Veterans burial benefits

  • Find out if you qualify for burial in a VA national cemetery and for other burial honors.

  • Apply for a pre-need eligibility decision letter. This can help you pre-plan for burial in a VA national cemetery, and make the process easier for your family members in their time of need.

  • Learn how to apply for a burial allowance to help pay for a Veteran’s funeral services, burial, and transportation costs.

  • Find out how to apply for a headstone, marker, medallion, Presidential Memorial Certificate, plaque, or urn to honor a Veteran’s service.

  • Learn about getting VA disability benefits for a surviving spouse or a dependent child or parent.

  • See if you qualify for grief counseling and transition support after the loss of an active-duty Servicemember, Reservist, or National Guard Soldier.

Plan a burial

  • Get step-by-step guidance on how to request and apply for a burial in a VA national cemetery, or in a state or tribal government Veterans cemetery.

  • Search for a VA national cemetery or a VA grant-funded state, territory, or tribal Veterans cemetery.

  • View and print documents from your official military personnel file (including your DD214).

More information and resources

  • Visit the Veteran Legacy Memorial to find your Veteran and share tributes, images, and more to their memorial profile page.

  • Find basic information about national cemetery burial memorial benefits.

  • Learn how private cemetery owners, volunteer organizations, and other community-based organizations interested in preserving Veteran legacies through private cemetery restoration.

  • Find the date, time, and location of the committal service for the scheduled burial of a Veteran, spouse, or other eligible family member.

  • Visit the National Archives website to find out how to request replacement medals, awards, and decorations.

  • Prepare for a military funeral by learning about what happens at a committal service in a VA national cemetery.

Other VA benefits and services

  • Learn about the history of national cemeteries.

  • Veterans, service members, and some family members may be eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery. Request a determination by applying online now.

  • This feature is available to Veterans who have been approved for pre-need burial eligibility in a VA national cemetery.

  • Find out if you’re eligible and how to apply for VA pension benefits as a surviving spouse or child of a deceased Veteran with wartime service.

  • If you’re enrolled in VA life insurance, find out if you can get free financial planning and online will preparation services.

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Eligible Veterans have earned VA burial and memorial benefits for themselves, their spouses, and qualifying family members. Ensure you receive the honor and remembrance you deserve.

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