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Information on burial benefits for veterans and their families.
Note: Your key resource for military honor funerals is to work with your funeral director. The funeral director has the resources to contact the military or local VSO for a military honors funeral and burial flag.
MN Dept of Veterans Affairs
Bronze Star Markers - The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs offers Bronze Stars to mark the grave site of any veteran buried in the state, where permitted.
www.mdva.state.mn.us/BronzeStarGraveMarkers.htm
State Veterans Cemetery - The Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery is located in Little Falls, MN.
Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker. The Nationwide Gravesite Locator includes burial records from many sources.
Society of Military Widows (SMW)
The Society of Military Widows is a nationwide organization whose purpose is to benefit widows of members of all branches of the uniformed services of the United States. This website has up to date information on just about everything you and your family needs to know. Benefits, insurance, new changes already in effect, potential changes - all are covered within this user-friendly site.
Survivor's Guide to Benefits
This guide provides an introduction to the most important issues that loved ones face during this difficult time. Please read it, and share it with your family. But be assured, our assistance to you is not limited to the subjects covered here. If you need additional help, please ask and it will be provided whenever possible. Your first point of contact is your casualty assistance officer. However, if you are no longer in contact with your casualty assistance officer, the Head or Chief of your Service’s casualty office is available to assist you.
- Survivor's Guide to Benefits (PDF) - updated on January 11, 2007
- Army Casualty Assistance
- Marine Corps Casualty Assistance
- Navy Casualty Assistance
- Air Force Casualty Assistance
US Dept of Veterans Affairs
VA offers certain benefits and services to honor our Nation's deceased veterans:
- Headstones and Markers: VA can furnish a monument to mark the unmarked grave of an eligible veteran.
- Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC): VA can provide a PMC for eligible recipients.
- Burial Flag: VA can provide an American flag to drape an eligible veteran's casket.
- Reimbursement of Burial Expenses: Generally, VA can pay a burial allowance of $2,000 for veterans who die of service-related causes. For certain other veterans, VA can pay $300 for burial and funeral expenses and $300 for a burial plot.
- Burial in a VA National Cemetery: Most veterans and some dependents can be buried in a VA national cemetery.
Time Limits: There is no time limit to claim reimbursement of burial expenses for a service-related death. In other cases, claims must be filed within two years of the veteran's burial.
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