DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WEBSITE

MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS
(Allen Brothers can make all these arrangements for you.)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - VA WEBSITE

AT A GLANCE...

• You will need documentation to verify military service. You will need to provide Form DD214 and/or an equivalent before any Veterans services can be provided.  Request a copy of your DD214 from the Veterans Administration.
  
  
• Military Funeral Honors ceremonies must be scheduled in advance but cannot be scheduled before a death has occurred.  Our Allen Brothers staff will coordinate all arrangements for our families.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits do NOT cover all the funeral or cremation arrangements of honorably discharged veterans.
  

• Veteran's caskets and/or urns are NOT free, unless death occurs while on active duty.
  
  
• If you choose to NOT be buried in a VA national cemetery, some monetary burial benefits are generally available but substantially limited, if the veteran meets all the requirements.
  
  
• When burial or memorialization is in a national cemetery, a headstone or marker will be ordered by the cemetery officials based on inscription information provided by the next of kin or authorized representative.