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Veterans Memorial Cemeteries — No Charge, Vault Included, Spouse Included

Two state cemeteries, at Glennville and Milledgeville. There is no charge for the gravesite, the vault, the marker or use of the committal chapel — and the department states that no-charge treatment for an eligible veteran or a spouse or eligible family member alike.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

What it's worth: Gravesite, vault, marker and use of the committal chapel — no charge for the veteran or for an eligible spouse or family member

The department’s wording covers "an eligible veteran or spouse/eligible family member" in the same sentence, so the no-charge treatment reads as covering the family side as well.
The vault is named among the things not charged for, which is unusual and is normally one of the larger costs a family faces.
No dollar figure is claimed. The saving is whatever a plot, an interment, a vault and a marker would have cost privately, which the state does not publish.

Who is entitled to it

Interment runs to the eligible veteran.
A spouse may be interred in the same plot, and an eligible dependant is eligible for burial.
Your discharge is of the character the cemeteries accept.
Your home is in Georgia.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

1Pick the cemetery and use its own application: Glennville and Milledgeville each have one.
2Furnish a copy of the veteran’s DD Form 214, or other documentation verifying active military service.
3For a spouse to be buried with the veteran, add a copy of the marriage certificate — the department asks for it by name.
4Check the reserve and guard route if it applies: a member eligible for retirement pay at the time of death qualifies, and so does one who would have been entitled to retired pay but for not yet being 60.
5A member of the armed forces or a reserve component who died in the line of duty while on active duty, or on active duty for training, is eligible.
6For a dependant, check the definition before applying: unmarried and under age 21, or in life-long dependency on the veteran.
7A spouse may be interred in the same plot as the veteran, so raise that with the cemetery when you apply rather than later.

Form: Burial application for the Glennville or the Milledgeville cemetery
File with: The Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery you have chosen
Documents you will need: dd214
No renewal: Once granted it does not need renewing.

CorrectionThe vault is included. Families are routinely quoted a vault as a separate and substantial line item by funeral homes; the department lists it among the things it does not charge for.

CorrectionThe no-charge wording is not confined to the veteran. The department writes it as covering an eligible veteran or spouse or eligible family member in the same breath, which is not how most state cemeteries handle the family side.

Worth knowingEligibility for the veteran is defined by reference to the federal rules rather than a separate state test, so a veteran already found eligible for a national cemetery is on familiar ground here.

Known gapNo Georgia residency stipulation appears on the requirements page. We record that as read rather than as a conclusion — a family whose veteran lived elsewhere should confirm it with the cemetery.

Known gapThe O.C.G.A. provisions governing these cemeteries were not read this session, so nothing here rests on the statute; it rests on the administering department’s own published requirements.

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