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Veteran Services
Planning a veteran’s funeral is a sacred task, and Henry Funeral Home is here to help ease the burden. We guide families through accessing veteran burial benefits, coordinating military honors, and delivering compassionate, personalized services to ensure we honor your loved one’s legacy with dignity.
Services for Veterans
Please keep in mind that with all benefits, your directors at Henry Funeral Home will help determine eligibility and coordinate the completion of the VA applications or processes necessary for your family to receive the specific benefit. In most cases, the veteran's military discharge document(s), Form DD-214, will be required. Don't hesitate to reach out today with questions or to discuss your options.
Understanding Veterans Benefits
Veteran burial benefits provide military families with financial and logistical support while offering the honor and dignity veterans deserve from their service. Veteran burial benefits come in multiple forms, from allowances to help pay for the burial to cemetery options and military honors.
Who is Eligible for Benefits?
Veterans who served honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces are typically eligible for burial benefits; however, not all veterans qualify for the monetary burial allowance. More information regarding eligibility for this particular benefit can be found below.
Active-duty service members, members of the Selected Reserve, certain eligible family members, and some veterans who served with specific criteria qualify, too. Eligibility can also include reservists and National Guard members who served full terms or were discharged honorably. Families often need to provide military service documentation, such as the DD-214 form, which proves the individual’s discharge status and service details.
What Are the Benefits?
- Burial Flag
- Cemetery Options
- Headstone or Marker
- Urn or Plaque
- Funeral Honors
- Presidential Memorial Certificate
- Burial Allowance
Where do I Turn for Help?
Rest assured that we're here for you. Navigating these benefits can feel overwhelming for those who are unfamiliar. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us with questions, or for more information regarding VA burial benefits and memorial items, visit https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/ or contact the VA office at 1-800-827-1000.
Burial Flag
A United States flag is provided, at no cost, to drape the casket or accompany the urn of a deceased veteran who served honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces, symbolizing the nation's deep gratitude for their service.
To learn more about this benefit, please visit
https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/memorial-items/burial-flags/.
Cemetery Options
Veterans and eligible family members can receive burial rights in a VA national cemetery at no cost. This includes the gravesite (burial or niche), opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, and a government-furnished graveliner. VA national cemeteries offer a serene and respectful resting place, surrounded by others who share a commitment to serving their country.
To learn more about the Georgia National Cemetery, visit
https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/Georgia.asp.
Headstone or Marker
Whether at a VA or private cemetery, honorably discharged veterans are eligible for a no-cost, personalized marker, headstone or medallion to commemorate their lite and service.
Visit
https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/memorial-items/headstones-markers/ for more information.
Urn or Plaque
A commemorative urn or wall plaque may be requested to honor a cremated Veteran whose remains have NOT been interred. Families may choose either option based on their preference.
Please note that selecting a commemorative urn or plaque permanently forfeits eligibility for interment in a VA national cemetery and for a VA-provided headstone, marker, or medallion in any cemetery. This decision is final and cannot be reversed, so families should consider their choice carefully.
To learn more about these options, visit https://www.cem.va.gov/urn-plaque/index.asp or https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/memorial-items/.
Funeral Honors
As part of a veteran's funeral, memorial or gravesite service, an honor guard team will perform a ceremony that at minimum includes the playing of Taps and the folding and presentation of the American flag to the next of kin.
Visit https://www.cem.va.gov/military_funeral_honors.asp for more
information.
Presidential Memorial Certificate
A Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC) is a gold-embossed paper certificate bearing the official signature of the President of the United States. It honors the memory of a Veteran and expresses the country's grateful recognition of his or her service in the Armed Forces.
For further information or to request copies, please visit: https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/memorial-items/presidential-memorial-certificates/
Burial Allowance
Certain veterans qualify for monetary VA benefits that reimburse families for specific funeral-related items, such as costs of the burial plot/interment and
transportation.
Visit
https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/veterans-burial-allowance/ for more information.
