Burial in VA National Cemeteries Eligibility:
Burial in a national cemetery is open to all members of the Armed Forces and Veterans who have met minimum active duty service requirements and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. Veterans married to Veterans are entitled to their own adjacent gravesites if they choose. Members of the Reserve components of the Armed Forces who die while on active duty or on training duty, were eligible for retired pay, or were called to active duty, and served the full term of service for which they were called, may also be eligible for burial. Their surviving spouse, minor children and, under certain conditions, unmarried adult children with disabilities, may also be eligible for burial. Eligible spouses and children may be buried even if they predecease the Veteran. The Veteran and eligible family members typically share the same gravesite or columbarium niche, allowing all family members to be interred together.