Burial and Memorial

Assure Dignity for Deceased Veterans

Veterans Service Commission can help you receive benefits and services including headstones, markers, burial flags and burial in a national cemetery. We may help indigent or unclaimed veterans receive proper funeral services through our Indigent Burial Program. Please contact our office for additional information.

For detailed information on federal burial options, please go to Burial and Memorial Benefits which covers the following topics:

  • Burial benefits available from the National Cemetery Administration
  • Eligibility
  • Preparing in advance
  • How to make burial arrangements in a national cemetery at the time of need
  • Donating Burial Flags to National Cemeteries
  • Burial in a Private Cemetery
  • Burial at Sea

For detailed information on county burial options please send inquiries to veteransservice@franklincountyohio.gov.  Services include: 

  • Burial of unclaimed, indigent veterans
  • Burial flags
  • Burial Allowance Benefits
  • Survivor Beneifts

Veterans Service Commission is available to help you understand these benefits and to apply for programs and services for which you may be eligible.

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