South Dakota Veterans Cemetery

South Dakota Veterans Cemetery is a VA grant-funded veterans cemetery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. VA lists it as open for burials.

We don't have a history, notable burials or grounds rules for this cemetery from the National Cemetery Administration. This page covers the burial basics. For anything else, contact the cemetery directly.

Who can be buried at South Dakota Veterans Cemetery?

South Dakota Veterans Cemetery is run by a state or local veterans authority, not by VA's National Cemetery Administration, and sets its own eligibility rules. Call the cemetery at 605-277-8094 to confirm eligibility, any fees, and how its pre-need program works.

How do you schedule a burial at South Dakota Veterans Cemetery?

VA's scheduling office handles national cemeteries only. For South Dakota Veterans Cemetery, you or the funeral director contact the cemetery directly at 605-277-8094 to schedule. VA's daily burial schedule also covers VA grant-funded cemeteries like this one, for burials the family agreed to publish.

Headstone, flag and burial allowance

• Government headstone or marker: request it with VA Form 40-1330.
• Burial flag: VA Form 27-2008.
• Burial allowance: For a non-service-connected death on or after October 1, 2026, VA pays up to $1,032 toward burial and funeral costs and $1,032 for a plot; for a service-connected death on or after September 11, 2001, the burial allowance is up to $2,000. Claim it with VA Form 21P-530EZ. All benefits

After the funeral: survivor benefits and the estate

A surviving spouse, child or parent may qualify for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), a tax-free monthly VA benefit, for example when the death was service connected (VA Form 21P-534EZ). The veteran's estate is settled under South Dakota law; our sister site ProbateUS explains how probate works in South Dakota and lists each county's probate court. For the rest of the paperwork, from Social Security to bank accounts, DeathUS has a step-by-step checklist of what to do when someone dies.

Nearest cemeteries

The three veterans cemeteries closest to South Dakota Veterans Cemetery, by straight-line distance:

• Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery - Redwood Falls, Redwood Falls, MN: 103 mi, open for burials
• Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Veterans Cemetery, Sisseton, SD: 142 mi, open for burials
• Forest Lawn Cemetery Soldiers' Lot, Omaha, NE: 162 mi, closed to new in-ground burials