Memorials Virginia Veterans Cemetery

In-ground burials are marked with upright marble headstones although flat granite markers are used in one garden section. Ground inurnments are marked with flat granite markers, and columbarium inurnments are marked with inscribed marble niche covers. Map

Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery

In-ground burials are marked with upright granite headstones. Ground inurnments are marked with flat granite markers, and columbarium inurnments are marked with inscribed marble niche covers.

Flags are placed on all burial sites on Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Family members may place floral tributes on graves at any time during the year, and wreaths may be placed during Christmas, Easter, and Memorial Day.

Eligibility

Anyone (either at the time of induction or death) who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who dies on active duty, who retires from military service or who is honorably discharged is eligible for burial in one of Virginia's veterans cemeteries. Legal spouses and unmarried minor children under age 21 of veterans are also eligible for burial in a Virginia veterans cemetery. Additionally, unmarried adult children who become permanently incapable of self-support because of physical or mental disability before age 21 may also be interred.

Other U.S. military service members and civilians may be eligible. They include:

• Members of the reserve component of the Armed Forces, the Army National Guard or Air National Guard
• Members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force
• U.S. citizens who served in the armed forces of any government allied with the U.S. during wartime
• Commissioned officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Heath Service
• American merchant seamen
• Anyone who dies while in route to be inducted into military service
• Members of other groups as outlined in 38 USC, Chapter 1, Part 3, Sec. 3.7.

Burial Benefits

• One grave site for a qualified veteran and eligible family members
• Opening and closing of the grave
• A marker (stone and inscription - Authorized Emblems)
• Perpetual care of the site
• Use of committal shelter to conduct funeral service
• Interment of a veteran's spouse and eligible dependent children ($300 fee)

Pre-Application
Veterans are encouraged to complete the pre-application process at any time. Pre-application determines your eligibility for burial in a veterans cemetery and allows you to indicate if your spouse or eligible dependent children will be buried in the cemetery as well. Pre-application can lessen the burden of your loved ones at the time of your death.

To pre-apply, simply submit

• The Pre-Application (Download)
• Legible copies of your discharge papers, indicating dates of service, branch of service, type of discharge and home of record at induction (normally Form DD214 or Form 53)
• Legible copy of your marriage certificate if your spouse will be buried with you and a legible copy of the birth certificate of any eligible child that will be buried with you.

Pre-application does not reserve a gravesite. A site will be assigned on the day of interment. If an eligible family member dies before the veteran, the veteran must sign an agreement to be interred in the same grave plot before the deceased family member can be interred in the veterans cemetery.

Cemeteries are open to the public every day during daylight hours. Cemetery administrative offices are open Monday through Friday, from 8 AM to 5 PM.

Information provided by the Virginia's Veterans Cemeteries brochure.