Contact the nearest state veterans cemetery to arrange a burial: Western Carolina 919-664-1195, Coastal Carolina 919-664-1110, Sandhills 919-664-1175 or Eastern Carolina 919-664-1120.

• You were discharged from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, died while serving on active duty, served at least 20 years in the National Guard or U.S. Armed Forces Reserves and qualified for military retired pay or would have qualified but for death before age 60, or served in a reserve component that was activated for federal service
• You were a North Carolina resident for at least 10 years at the time of death, or at the time you entered the U.S. Armed Forces
• 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