You can be buried at the state veterans cemetery in Evansville with no charge for the burial plot or grave vault; plots are assigned first come, first served, and your family pays all other funeral expenses. Services are held in the chapel and patio area on weekdays only, with none at the grave site, and only flat granite markers provided by the federal government may be used. Eligible dependent children are unmarried children under 21, or under 23 if they are full-time students at an approved school, or a child who developed a lifelong disability before age 21.
Call the cemetery at 307-235-6673 to arrange a burial or ask about eligibility in advance. The director can also help your next of kin arrange military funeral honors.
The veteran DD214 or other discharge document, the death certificate, and for a spouse or dependent, a marriage certificate or birth certificate showing the relationship.
