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Four State Veterans Cemeteries — and You Name the One

State-run veterans cemeteries at Gallup, Fort Stanton, Angel Fire and Taos, with a fifth planned at Carlsbad, built for parts of the state that are too far from a national cemetery. The pre-application asks which cemetery you want.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

State-run veterans cemeteries at Gallup, Fort Stanton, Angel Fire and Taos, with a fifth planned at Carlsbad, built for parts of the state that are too far from a national cemetery. The pre-application asks which cemetery you want.

What it's worth: Interment at a state veterans cemetery; the agency publishes no fee schedule

  • Neither the cemetery page nor the pre-application form states a plot fee, a veteran cost or a family cost, so none is quoted here.
  • The agency describes the programme as assisting families in ensuring veterans and eligible dependants have an honorable final resting place.

Who is entitled to it

  • The programme serves the veteran and eligible dependants.
  • The veteran’s service is documented on the DD-214.
  • Your home is in New Mexico.

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. 1Pre-apply rather than leave it. The form is a pre-application, meant to settle eligibility and the location before the week of a funeral.
  2. 2Name the cemetery you want on the form — Fort Stanton, Gallup, Angel Fire or Carlsbad appear as the choices on it. Interment is not assigned by distance from your home.
  3. 3Submit the DD-214 or discharge document, and a marriage certificate where a spouse is involved.
  4. 4Give a secondary contact — a child, family friend or executor. The form asks for one, and it is the detail most often left blank.
  5. 5Ask the individual cemetery about eligibility and any cost. Neither the programme page nor the form publishes a fee, and each cemetery has its own contact and telephone number.
  6. 6A veteran declared missing in action or missing at sea can be memorialised instead, on a separate memorial wall application.
Form
State Veterans Cemetery Program Pre-Application for Burial
File with
New Mexico Department of Veterans Services, State Veterans Cemetery Program, 407 Galisteo Room 142, Santa Fe
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingThe cemetery page and the pre-application form do not list the same set of locations — the page names Gallup, Fort Stanton, Angel Fire and Taos with Carlsbad planned, while the form offers Fort Stanton, Gallup, Angel Fire and Carlsbad. Confirm with the programme office which are taking interments now.
Known gapNo eligibility rule, residency test or fee schedule has been read this session. The agency publishes contacts rather than rules, so both eligibility and cost must be confirmed with the individual cemetery.
Worth knowingThe programme exists alongside two national cemeteries in this state, not instead of them. The agency’s stated reason for the state cemeteries is distance, so compare both before deciding.

Sources

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