South Dakota reimburses up to $200 of the cost of setting a government headstone or marker on a veteran’s grave. The state also pays $100 to have the veteran’s name, rank, branch of service and dates of birth and death professionally etched on the back of a privately purchased headstone.
Apply through your county or tribal veterans service officer.
The bill for setting the headstone or for the etching, the veteran’s discharge paperwork showing an honorable discharge, and proof of the veteran’s South Dakota residency.
