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State Veterans Cemetery at Ardmore — $0 for the Veteran and the Spouse

Burial at the Seaman First Class Billy Turner Veterans Cemetery in Ardmore at no cost to the veteran and, as published, no cost to a qualifying spouse or eligible dependent. Eligibility can be precertified before it is needed.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

Burial at the Seaman First Class Billy Turner Veterans Cemetery in Ardmore at no cost to the veteran and, as published, no cost to a qualifying spouse or eligible dependent. Eligibility can be precertified before it is needed.

What it's worth: $0 for the veteran and, as published, $0 for a qualifying spouse or eligible dependent

  • Both figures are published by the agency as $0, with the family figure marked subject to change.
  • The agency states a place cannot be purchased — it is earned by a veteran’s honorable and faithful service.
  • What the family saves depends on local burial prices, which the agency does not publish.

Who is entitled to it

  • The cemetery takes the veteran, a qualifying spouse and qualifying dependants.
  • The veteran was honorably discharged.
  • Your home is in Oklahoma.

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. 1Precertify rather than wait. The eligibility application can be filed online, in person or by post, and most are processed within one to two weeks — a decision the family will not have to make in the week of a funeral.
  2. 2Send a copy of the military discharge — the DD Form 214 — and a marriage certificate where a spouse is involved.
  3. 3Check the dependent test if a child is being considered: unmarried children under 21, or under 23 if in full-time study.
  4. 4Do not assume the family fee will stay at zero. The agency publishes it as $0 and marks it subject to change, so confirm it at the time.
  5. 5Reserve components, ROTC, National Guard, commissioned officers of the public health and oceanic services, and qualifying WWII Merchant Marine service have their own routes in — ask rather than rule yourself out.
Form
Eligibility Precertification Application
File with
Seaman First Class Billy Turner Veterans Cemetery, 1555 Myall Street, Ardmore
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionThe spouse is not charged here. Several states in this corpus charge a spouse or dependant several hundred dollars for the same interment; this cemetery publishes $0 for both, marked subject to change.
Worth knowingEligibility is described as mirroring the federal national cemetery rules. If a veteran would be eligible for a national cemetery, that is the starting point here.
Known gapThe statute establishing the cemetery has not been read, so nothing is claimed about a residency requirement or about how eligibility disputes are decided.

Sources

Why only one source type: The administering agency’s own cemetery page carries the eligibility list, both fee figures and the application route. No Oklahoma statute is cited on it, and none has been read this session, so no O.S. citation is offered as authority.

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