State Veterans Cemeteries — Veteran Free, Family at the Plot Allowance
The state's veterans cemeteries bury an eligible veteran at no cost, with several burial options. A spouse or dependent child is interred for a fee equal to the current federal VA plot allowance — the fee moves with the federal figure.
Verified August 22, 2026
What this benefit is
The state's veterans cemeteries bury an eligible veteran at no cost, with several burial options. A spouse or dependent child is interred for a fee equal to the current federal VA plot allowance — the fee moves with the federal figure.
Who is entitled to it
- You are an eligible veteran.
- You are connected to this state.
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
- 1The department operates veterans cemeteries across the state with several burial options for veterans, spouses and dependent children.
- 2An eligible veteran's burial costs nothing. A spouse or dependent child is charged, at interment, a fee equal to the current federal VA plot allowance — ask the cemetery for this year's figure rather than an old summary's.
- 3Any parish veterans assistance counselor can start the eligibility paperwork; the DD-214 is the core document.
- Form
- Interment arrangement through the cemetery
- File with
- The state veterans cemetery serving your region, or any parish veterans assistance counselor
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyDepartment of Veterans Affairs — state benefits, veterans cemeteries
Why only one source type: The department's own page states the no-cost veteran burial and the plot-allowance fee mechanism for family members.
This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.