Where the information on this site comes from.

VA amounts, phone numbers and forms

Every VA dollar amount, phone line and form number on this site comes from one file of VA.gov facts, each tied to the VA.gov page it was read from. Pages that use them list those sources. We last checked them on October 7, 2026. The non-service-connected burial and plot allowances change every October 1. For deaths on or after October 1, 2026 they are $1,032 and $1,032.

Some eligibility questions are harder: character of discharge, Reserve and National Guard service, divorced or remarried spouses. Where we cover them, we cite the section of 38 CFR in the text. If the rule is unclear for your case, ask a Veterans Service Officer (VSO) at a VFW or American Legion post or your county veterans office. They help at no charge.

Cemetery listings

The cemetery list comes from the National Cemetery Administration's roster of national cemeteries, state veterans affairs departments for state-run cemeteries, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs for tribal cemeteries.

For each VA national cemetery with a page on cem.va.gov, we pull its history, notable burials, hours, directions, flower and grounds rules and education programs from that page, and leave out VA's placeholder text where a section isn't written yet. We refresh this from time to time, and each cemetery page shows when it was last updated.

State and tribal cemeteries without a cem.va.gov page get a shorter page: cemetery type, whether it has burial space, and contact details.

Funeral home listings

A funeral home is listed when one of these is true:

1. Its public information (website, service lists, facility descriptions) mentions military funeral honors or a veterans cemetery section. We tag those homes veterans_military_honors or veterans_cemetery_section.
2. Our scan of its public information found a description of veteran-specific services, such as arranging military honors, helping with VA benefits or a veterans section in its cemetery.

A listing means the home says it offers these services. We haven't inspected the homes, so ask the director directly about anything that matters to you.

Prices come from the home's General Price List (GPL) where it has published one. Under the FTC Funeral Rule (16 CFR Part 453), every funeral home must give you an itemized GPL in person and describe its prices over the phone. When a home hasn't published its prices, its page says so.

Ratings and reviews come from Google. On a home's page we show either a short summary of its Google reviews or up to five reviews as written. Reviews that mention veterans, military service, honors, a flag or a cemetery are listed first, then the highest-rated ones.

Articles

The cemetery burial guides are built from each cemetery's National Cemetery Administration page and the same VA.gov facts file described above. Our other articles are still being checked against VA sources, so we keep them out of search results until each one has been checked.

No named reviewer with VA accreditation has checked the articles. If that changes, the reviewer will be named on each article.

Map and location

The map at /map uses tiles from OpenFreeMap, built on OpenStreetMap contributor data. ZIP code and city lookups use the SimpleMaps US Cities and US ZIP Codes datasets.

The map asks your browser for your location. We use it only to center the map on you. We don't store it or send it anywhere, and it's gone when you close the page.

Corrections

A directory this size will have mistakes and out-of-date entries. Send corrections through the contact page. Include the page address, the fact you think is wrong and, if you can, a source.