- Government
- Departments
- Veteran's Services
- Internment of National Cemetery
Internment of National Cemetary
- References: VA ~ DAMA ~ 15 ~ 1
- Massachusetts National Cemetery (VA) in Bourne, Massachusetts
- Ph:1-508-563-7113
- General:
- A grave site is not reserved
- No charge for grave or grave liner
- Usually, the funeral director makes arrangements with VA cemetery representative:
- Must Submit:
- Name of Veteran
- Rank
- Serial Number
- Social Security Number
- VA Claim Number
- Date and place of entry into the service
- Date and place of separation from the service
- Branch of Service
- Date and place of birth
- Date and place of death
- Discharge must indicate under conditions other than honorable. Verification for eligibility is usually accomplished between the funeral director and superintendent of the VA cemetery in two work days.
- If the spouse or dependent child pre-deceases the veteran, the burial is authorized upon request, on a statement signed by the veteran indicating that he/she elects to be buried in the same cemetery. Superintendent of the VA cemetery is responsible for providing the agreement form having it properly executed.
- To facilitate arranging an internment, in a national cemetery, should be made now in a statement of wishes (will, etc.) and this statement placed among other important documents that will be immediately available to the survivors.
- * For the purpose of burial in a VA cemetery, a minor child is a person who is unmarried and; under the age of 21 years, after attaining the age 21 years and until completion of education or training (but not after attaining the age of 23 years) is pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution.
- V.A. Grave Markers: All honorably discharged veteran' and men or women who served in the National Guard over 20 years are entitled to a grave marker. Family members may be required to pay the cemeteries installation charges. Installation charges are figured by the cemetery personnel.