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Burial at a California State Veterans Cemetery
Interment for a veteran, their spouse and dependent children at one of California’s three state veterans cemeteries.
Verified August 18, 2026
What this benefit is
Interment for a veteran, their spouse and dependent children at one of California’s three state veterans cemeteries.
What it's worth: Plot, liner, marker, honours and perpetual care
- Estimated against typical California private cemetery costs for a plot, liner, marker and opening and closing of the grave — California private burial is among the most expensive in the country.
- It does not cover the funeral, the casket, or transport.
Who is entitled to it
- The burial benefit reaches a veteran, their spouse and their dependent children.
- The veteran’s discharge was other than dishonorable.
- Your home is in California.
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How to claim it
- 1Pre-register eligibility now if you can, so your family is not assembling a DD214 the week after a death.
- 2The three state cemeteries are the Northern California Veterans Cemetery at Igo, the Yountville Veterans Home Cemetery, and the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery.
- 3Note that California also holds several national cemeteries, which are a separate federal system with their own eligibility.
- File with
- CalVet, through your funeral director
- Documents you will need
- dd214 · death certificate ca
- No renewal needed
Sources
- authority · published policyCalVet — State Veterans Cemeteries
- operating · published policyCalVet — National Cemeteries in California
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