A Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC) is an engraved paper certificate signed by the current president.
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Veterans burial allowances can help cover burial, funeral, the plot or interment, and transportation of the remains. You have up to two years to apply for these benefits.
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Burial flags are provided for veterans and reservists at no cost.
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Cremation is where a body is turned into ash by being burned at a very high temperature. You can do either cremation with a viewing or direct cremation. Then, you have many options for what to do with the ashes: leave them in your home, bury them, put them in a cemetery, bury or scatter them in a favorite spot.
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If the deceased person didn't make plans, you have many options for what to do with the body. Each option has different costs and is associated with different traditions.
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Deceased veterans with no next-of-kin and insufficient resources available for VA National Cemetery burial may have earned the reimbursement of a casket or urn. You can be reimbursed the actual cost up to the maximum 2015 rate of $1,967 for a casket and $172 for an urn.
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Many people pre-plan funerals, burials, cremation, or donation to science. If this is the case, you can find documents and arrange for the right organization to pick up the body.
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You have three options - bring the body home for a funeral, have a funeral where the death occurred, and get the body cremated where the death occurred and then ship the remains home
Read MoreYou can fill out our free tool to fill out forms for all of the benefits at once. Or, if you prefer to identify and get each benefit individually, you can use the below information.
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Serves as the only marker of the grave. You can still get special terms of endearment (like “Loving father”) added. These can be used in private or in a VA national cemetery, state Veterans’ cemetery, or a military base cemetery.
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