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Pre-Need Eligibility form.

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.


Image of Map from the NCA Find a Cemetery page.

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 156 VA managed or 123 VA grant-funded cemeteries.


Find a Cemetery »

Schedule a Burial »

Urns and American flags atop a table during a burial service for 18 unclaimed Veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, August 31, 2022.

Unclaimed Veteran Remains


NCA works with organizations to ensure the dignified burial of “Unclaimed Veterans,” who are defined as those who die with no next of kin to claim their remains and insufficient funds to cover burial expenses.


Medal of Honor designs for the military service branches from 1862 through current day. (Medal of Honor images courtesy of Congressional Medal of Honor Society)

Medal of Honor


433 Medal of Honor recipients are interred at VA national cemeteries including 6 double recipients. Learn more about the Medal of Honor and visit the recipients' memorial pages to celebrate their legacy, military service and sacrifice to our nation.


Plan in Advance Find a Cemetery Unclaimed Veteran Remains Medal of Honor
 

Glad You Asked: Can I be buried in a VA cemetery?

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Honorable Paul R. Lawrence, Ph.D., is exploring a question that matters to Veterans and their families: Who's eligible to be buried in a VA national cemetery and how can you find out in advance?

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:

  • Headstone or marker
  • Medallion
  • Presidential Memorial Certificates
  • Burial flag
  • Burial allowance

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.

  • Post tributes
  • Upload images
  • Share biographical information and historical documents
A V formation of American Soldiers throughout U.S. History with an American Flag at front center.

Share your story, today, with “VLM for Living Veterans”

Jennifer Jessup, Chief of Staff, NCA
Richelle Taylor, Public Affairs Specialist, NCA
Published: May 14, 2025

“VLM for Living Veterans” allows Veterans to share their life stories today.

Made possible by the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM), the new online feature is free and it enables Veterans to securely share their photos, autobiographies, military and life milestone achievements, and historical documents about their lives.

Army Chaplain and 1st Lt. Lawrence Provost recently created his legacy page. “I signed up because pre-need gives me peace of mind for my family when planning for my burial. The VLM for Living Veteran feature of sharing my story now is a great tool to tell my story the way I want to tell it.”

VLM Featured Veteran
Joel T. Boone
U.S. Navy, VADM
World War I
Medal of Honor
Photo for Featured Veteran from the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM): Joel T. Boone, U.S. Navy, VADM, World War I, Medal of Honor.
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