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State Veterans Cemeteries — No Fee for Any Service, Spouses Included

Two state veterans cemeteries, at Alliance and Grand Island, charge nothing for any service they provide. Grave excavation, an upright marble headstone, use of the committal shelter and perpetual care are all included, for the veteran and for an eligible spouse or dependant alike.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

Two state veterans cemeteries, at Alliance and Grand Island, charge nothing for any service they provide. Grave excavation, an upright marble headstone, use of the committal shelter and perpetual care are all included, for the veteran and for an eligible spouse or dependant alike.

What it's worth: Grave, excavation, upright marble headstone, committal shelter and perpetual care — no fee for any of it

  • The cemetery states there are no fees for any services it provides, and does not carve out spouses or dependants, so the no-fee treatment reads as covering them too.
  • No dollar figure is claimed. The saving is whatever a plot, an interment and a marker would have cost privately, which the state does not publish.

Who is entitled to it

  • Interment runs to the eligible veteran.
  • Spouses and dependants who meet the federal requirements are eligible.
  • Your discharge is honorable or general under honorable conditions.
  • You are in 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

  1. 1Send the Eligibility Determination Request Form with a copy of the veteran’s DD Form 214, and a copy of the marriage licence as well where a spouse’s eligibility is being determined.
  2. 2Do it before you need it. The determination is the slow part, and settling it in advance takes it off the family at the worst possible moment.
  3. 3Eligibility runs on federal law — Title 38 of the United States Code at sections 112, 2306, 2402 and 2411 — rather than on a separate state test, so a veteran already found eligible for a national cemetery is on familiar ground.
  4. 4Two cemeteries operate: Alliance and Grand Island. Choose one and deal with that cemetery directly; the administration building is open Monday to Friday.
  5. 5Ask about re-interment if a veteran or spouse is buried elsewhere. The cemetery system lists re-interment from other locations among the services it offers.
Form
Eligibility Determination Request Form
File with
The cemetery administration building, by post, email or in person
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionMost state veterans cemeteries in this corpus charge a family something — a plot allowance for a spouse, an interment fee, or the vault. This one states there are no fees for any services it provides. A family told to expect a bill for a spouse’s interment should check that against the cemetery’s own page before paying.
Worth knowingThe headstone is described as upright marble and is included in the no-fee treatment along with grave excavation, the committal shelter and perpetual care of the grounds.
Known gapThe Grand Island cemetery’s own page was not read this session, so its fee position is assumed from the system page rather than verified on its own. Ask the cemetery directly if that is where you intend to be buried.

Sources

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.