Maine Veterans' Cemetery System

Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services, Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery System

No cost plot, grave opening and closing, and perpetual care

Maine runs four veterans’ cemeteries: Northern Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Caribou, Central Maine Veterans’ Cemetery at Civic Center Drive and at Mt. Vernon Road in Augusta, and Southern Maine Veterans’ Cemetery in Springvale. The plot, opening and closing the grave and perpetual care are free to your family. You can choose a columbarium niche, in-ground burial of cremated remains, or a full casket burial with a free in-ground concrete liner. The VA provides the headstone, marker or niche cover, and family members are buried next to you or in the same plot. Maine residency is not required. Maine also has the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Veterans Cemetery in Littleton, reachable at 207-532-4273.

Check eligibility

How to apply

Complete the online eligibility application to establish eligibility before there is a need. For questions call 207-287-3481 or email mvmcs@maine.gov.

What you'll need

Your DD214 or other discharge paperwork, and a marriage certificate or dependent documentation for family members.

Eligibility

You were discharged from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, died while serving on active duty, are an honorably discharged reserve component member who completed a first term of enlistment or was medically discharged, or are a reserve component member who was activated for federal service
Your spouse and dependents qualify through you, with dependent children limited to unmarried children under 21, under 23 if a full-time student at an approved school, or a child who developed a lifelong disability before age 21

Source

Official source