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State Veterans Cemetery at Boscawen — Residency Not Required
A veteran discharged under honorable conditions — and eligible dependents — may be buried at the State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, and state residency is not a requirement. Indigent veterans are buried at the expense of the municipality where they died.
Verified August 22, 2026
What this benefit is
A veteran discharged under honorable conditions — and eligible dependents — may be buried at the State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, and state residency is not a requirement. Indigent veterans are buried at the expense of the municipality where they died.
What it's worth: No fee for an eligible veteran; $450 for an eligible dependent — and $1,050 for a Selected Reserve veteran or dependent who is not a resident of this state
- The cemetery publishes a fee schedule. An eligible veteran under national cemetery criteria pays no fee; an eligible dependent under those criteria pays $450.
- A Selected Reserve veteran who is a resident of this state pays no fee, and a Selected Reserve dependent who is a resident pays $450.
- A Selected Reserve veteran who is NOT a resident of this state pays $1,050, and so does a non-resident Selected Reserve dependent.
- The charge covers the grave site, the opening and closing of the grave, the engraved headstone or niche marker, and perpetual care.
- A memorial marker carries no fee for a veteran under national cemetery criteria, furnished by the federal department where the veteran cannot be memorialised elsewhere.
- Disinterment and relocation carry their own fees: for a full casket, $700 within the cemetery and $350 to remove from it; for in-ground cremated remains, $400 and $200; for columbarium remains, $300 to move to an in-ground site within the cemetery, $200 between columbaria, and $100 to remove from the cemetery.
- The cemetery states its operations are governed by RSA 21:50 and the 2022 Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act, and that chapter 110-B of the revised statutes authorises its regulations.
- The cemetery is operated by the state Adjutant General through the Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services, and the cemetery director determines eligibility.
- Eligible dependants are stated as a non-veteran spouse of an eligible veteran with proof of legal marriage, unmarried minor children under 21 or under 23 in full-time education, and unmarried adult children permanently disabled before 21 or 23.
- There is no general residency requirement for burial eligibility; residency changes the FEE on the Selected Reserve routes rather than the eligibility.
Who is entitled to it
- You were discharged under honorable conditions.
- Residency is not required for cemetery eligibility.
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
- 1Contact the cemetery office to determine eligibility — discharge under honorable conditions is the gate, and residency in the state is NOT required (RSA 110-B:74).
- 2Budget $450 for an eligible dependent. That is the published figure, and it covers the grave site, the opening and closing, the engraved headstone or niche marker and perpetual care.
- 3If your qualifying service is Selected Reserve rather than active duty, residency suddenly matters — not for whether you can be buried here, but for what it costs. A resident pays nothing and a non-resident pays $1,050, and the same $1,050 applies to a non-resident dependent.
- 4Dependents who meet the criteria are eligible alongside the veteran: a non-veteran spouse with proof of legal marriage, unmarried minor children under 21 or under 23 in full-time education, and unmarried adult children permanently disabled before those ages.
- 5Do not agree to a disinterment without asking the price first. Moving a full casket within the cemetery is $700 and removing it is $350; cremated remains run between $100 and $400 depending on the move. These are the fees families never anticipate.
- 6A separate municipal duty backs the poorest cases: an indigent veteran is buried at the expense of the municipality where they died (RSA 165:16, 165:17) — a family without means should raise it with the town welfare office, which cannot refuse the statute.
- 7The department notes pending legislation may broaden eligibility — the cemetery office carries the current criteria.
- Form
- Eligibility determination through the cemetery office
- File with
- The State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionMost state veterans cemeteries require state residency or entry into service from the state. This one states plainly that residency is not required — an out-of-state veteran's family weighing options should know Boscawen is open to them. Residency does, however, change the PRICE on the Selected Reserve routes: no fee for a resident veteran, $1,050 for a non-resident one.
CorrectionThe state veterans department's benefits page says to ring the cemetery for eligibility and fees. The cemetery publishes a fee schedule, and it is specific: no fee for an eligible veteran, $450 for an eligible dependent, $1,050 on the non-resident Selected Reserve routes, plus a separate schedule for disinterment. A family does not have to go into that call without a figure.
Sources
- authority · published policyDepartment of Military Affairs and Veterans Services — state benefits page (New Hampshire RSA 110-B:74, 165:16-17)
- operating · fee scheduleNew Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery — fee schedule
- operating · published policyNew Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery — eligibility and operations (RSA 21:50; RSA ch. 110-B; Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act 2022)
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