Burials and Memorials

The Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration hosts memorial ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery righting a wrong of the past by dedicating new headstones for 17 World War I Black soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment.

Veterans, and their families, caregivers, and survivors now have access to expanded burial benefits to help with end-of-life expenses related to a Veteran’s gravesite, burial, funeral and transportation of remains to their final resting place.

Since 1973, NCA has ensured that Veterans, service members, and their families are honored with a final resting place that pays tribute to their service.

Thanks everybody for joining. I similarly don't have much for opening comments. We’ll get into questions here quickly, but we do have two great guests with us today; Lisa Pozzebon, who is the Director of Cemetery Operations at the National Cemetery Administration and James LaPaglia the NCA Digital Services officer,

I’m honored to join all of you here today at the beautiful Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Memorial Day commemorations are an important moment for all of us to honor those who sacrificed their lives in service to our nation. Your presence here is testimony to your commitment to those fallen heroes—and to the forces that stand guard the world round every day.

The Department of Veterans Affairs dedicated a new columbarium in Indianapolis, Indiana, allowing VA to conduct new interments of Veterans and eligible family members in the city for the first time since 1959.