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Banner image: Welcome to the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM). Find Your Veteran.

Veterans Legacy Memorial


VA added nearly 5 million pages to the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) for Veterans interred in private cemeteries. VLM is the nation's first digital platform dedicated entirely to the memory of nearly 10 million Veterans.


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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 155 VA managed or 122 VA grant-funded cemeteries.


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Bronze Medallions: Small, Medium, or Large

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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The online Daily Burial Schedule provides current burial scheduling information on the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) website.

Daily Burial Schedule


The online Daily Burial Schedule provides current burial scheduling information on the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) website.


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Veterans Legacy Memorial Find a Cemetery Memorial Benefit: Medallion Daily Burial Schedule
 

Watch: VLM adds Private Cemeteries

Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) has added nearly 5 million Veteran pages for those interred in private and other non-VA cemeteries. VLM is the nation's first digital platform dedicated entirely to the memory of nearly 10 million Veterans.

Nimitz Burial Plot at Golden Gate National Cemetery

The gravesites of Chester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance, Richmond K. Turner, and Charles A. Lockwood, who were friends for over 40 years, perfectly aligned in the first row along the street bearing the name Nimitz Drive at Golden Gate National Cemetery. The sentiment behind the burials emphasizes the symbolic power of comradeship of service members even after death in national cemeteries. Read more »

Visit the memorial pages of four of the Navy's most influential leaders in the Pacific theater during World War II.


Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy, Fleet Admiral.
Chester Nimitz
U.S. Navy
Fleet Admiral
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Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. Navy, Admiral.
Raymond Spruance
U.S. Navy
Admiral
Memorial Page »
Richmond K. Turner, U.S. Navy, Admiral.
Richmond Turner
U.S. Navy
Admiral
Memorial Page »
Charles A. Lockwood, U.S. Navy, Vice Admiral.
Charles Lockwood
U.S. Navy
Vice Admiral
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Watch: VA History in 100 Objects - Nimitz Plot

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Burial Plot
Golden Gate National Cemetery

NCA Resources Guide

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VLM Featured Veteran
Billy Bob Walkabout
U.S. Army, PFC
Anishanoi, Cherokee Tribe
Distinguished Service Cross
5 Silver Stars · 5 Bronze Stars
Purple Heart
Photo for Featured Veteran from the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM): Billy Bob Walkabout, U.S. Army, PFC, Anishanoi, Cherokee Tribe, Distinguished Service Cross, 5 Silver Stars, 5 Bronze Stars, Purple Heart.
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