{"id":175361,"date":"2024-05-09T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=175361"},"modified":"2024-05-14T19:02:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:02:23","slug":"nca-adds-options-for-commemorative-plaques-and-urns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=175361","title":{"rendered":"NCA adds options for commemorative plaques and urns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beginning June 10, families of deceased and cremated Veterans can apply to receive commemorative plaques or urns from VA if they do not want to inter their loved ones in a VA National Cemetery or receive a government-furnished headstone, marker or medallion for placement in any cemetery. <\/p>\n

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Commemorative urns are used to hold the remains of a deceased, cremated Veteran, and commemorative plaques are designed to hang on a wall. Both the urns and the plaques honor a Veteran\u2019s service and serves as a lasting tribute to the individual\u2019s status as a Veteran. Eligible family members can request one or the other, but not both.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to note that, if a family chooses a plaque or an urn to commemorate a Veteran, VA is prohibited by law from interring that Veteran\u2019s remains in a VA national cemetery or from providing a headstone, marker or medallion for placement in any cemetery. Families should be certain of their choice. If the family chooses to receive a plaque or an urn to commemorate their Veteran, their decision cannot be undone. The law does not provide a method to restore these benefits.<\/p>\n

To be eligible, the Veteran (or service member who died on active duty) must have served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917; the Veteran must be eligible for a headstone or marker under 38 U.S.C. \u00a7 2306(d), and the Veteran\u2019s remains must have been cremated\u2014with no portion of the remains interred at any location.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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More information about NCA memorial options can be found on the VA website<\/a>. More details, including an application for commemorative plaques and urns, will\u00a0 be available on June 10. Information about VA burial and memorial benefits is available online<\/a>, at VA national cemeteries<\/a>, or by calling toll-free at 1-800-827-1000. To make burial arrangements at any VA national cemetery at the time of need, call the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 1-800-535-1117. VA also encourages Veterans to apply for Pre-Need Eligibility<\/a> to establish eligibility for VA burial and memorial benefits in advance of need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beginning June 10, families of deceased and cremated Veterans can apply to receive commemorative plaques or urns from VA if they do not want to inter their loved ones in a VA National Cemetery or receive a government-furnished headstone, marker or medallion for placement in any cemetery. Commemorative urns are used to hold the remains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":175363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[210,1107,1108,311,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-burial-benefits","category-commemorative-plaque","category-commemorative-urn","category-memorial-affairs","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175361"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175367,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175361\/revisions\/175367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/175363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}