Veteran Burial Benefits By State And Territory

Eligible veterans receive burial without charge at North Little Rock or Birdeye. Confirm dependent interment charges before arrangements.

For a veteran or qualifying spouse burial, the state requires discharge documentation, a death certificate and a federal eligibility compliance statement. The published rules accept honorable or general-under-honorable discharges and exclude bad-conduct and other-than-honorable discharges.

Eligible veterans, spouses and dependent children may be interred at the state veterans cemeteries in Bear or Millsboro. Apply for an eligibility determination before arranging burial.

Qualifying veterans and dependents may use the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery on Oahu or veterans cemeteries on Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Molokai or Lanai. The cemetery determines eligibility.

When the federal government supplies a headstone or marker, Illinois pays up to $125 toward setting it. County veterans assistance commissions also provide burial help for qualifying indigent veterans and certain relatives.

The state cemetery near Van Meter offers burial without charge to qualifying honorably discharged veterans. The department lists a $300 spouse or dependent interment fee. Pre-registration is available.

Eligible veterans can be buried at no cost in one of Louisiana's five state veterans cemeteries. Spouse and dependent burial has a separate charge tied to the federal plot allowance.

Maine permits burial for eligible veterans, spouses and dependents, with expanded pathways for qualifying Guard, Reserve and ROTC members. Some applicants connected to out-of-state service who lack five years of Maine residence must pay an interment fee. Obtain a cemetery eligibility determination.

Eligible veterans and dependents receive a plot, grave liner, headstone and interment at no expense. National Cemetery Administration criteria apply; Maryland also specifies residency rules for Guard and Reserve members and their families.

Veterans and qualifying spouses or surviving spouses may receive $300 toward burial through the county. Residency and asset limits apply.

Eligible veterans and dependents may receive burial space, a headstone, grave liner, opening and closing, and perpetual care without charge. Missouri has no cemetery residency requirement and follows national-cemetery eligibility criteria.

The state benefits division operates four veterans cemeteries. Contact the cemetery program to establish veteran or dependent eligibility and arrange interment.

The territorial cemetery uses VA eligibility standards for qualifying veterans, service members and family members. Reserve service generally requires qualifying federal activation or retirement eligibility; training alone does not establish the listed activation pathway.

County directors and participating veterans organizations help families arrange military burial honors. Pennsylvania supports organizations providing honors at its three national cemeteries; federal cemetery eligibility remains a separate determination.

Up to $100 may help with burial of an eligible honorably discharged veteran or qualifying spouse when family or estate funds are insufficient. The veteran must meet citizenship and one-year residency rules. A county or tribal officer applies within one year of burial.

Qualifying Virgin Islands veterans may receive up to $5,000 burial reimbursement. A separate free-plot benefit in designated local sections covers eligible resident veterans and specified family members.

Eligible veterans may be buried without charge in government-marker sections at Randolph Center. Spouses and dependents have separate opening and closing fees. The 2026 guide lists $275 for an urn and $575 for a casket, subject to change.

Service and discharge requirements apply. Eligible Guard and Reserve retirees need a 20-year retirement letter.

Eligible veterans and family members may receive a burial or cremation site, opening and closing, headstone, qualifying burial receptacle and perpetual care without charge at Virginia state veterans cemeteries. Sites are assigned when needed and cannot be reserved.

Eligible veterans and qualifying family members may be buried at Medical Lake. Veteran interment normally has no direct charge, but previously paid allowances can affect reinterment costs. Family-member charges are separate and change annually.

Eligible veterans, spouses and dependents may be buried in state veterans cemeteries near Union Grove, Spooner or King. Contact the cemetery to establish eligibility and current interment terms.

Eligible veterans with a discharge other than dishonorable, and qualifying family members, may receive a burial plot and casket grave vault without charge. Funeral-director services, supplies and transportation remain the family's responsibility.