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Veterans
Affairs Home
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Burials,
Cemeteries and Headstones
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Montgomery County Government does not endorse
or assume responsibility
for any product, method, service
or treatment listed that is not a County program.
| American
Red Cross - Service to the Armed Forces |
Montgomery
County Office
2020 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
301-588-2515
(V)
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| Under
partnership agreements with the Air Force Aid Society, Army Emergency
Relief, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, and Navy-Marine Corps Relief
Society, the American Red Cross provides quality, reliable financial
assistance to eligible applicants. Types of assistance include financial
assistance for emergency travel, burial of a loved one, assistance
to avoid privation, etc. The Casualty Travel Assistance
Program (CTAP) provides travel assistance for two immediate
family members to attend a memorial or funeral service for a service
member killed on active duty in the combat zone and to travel to
the bedside of a service member wounded in the combat zone. |
| Burial
Flags - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Baltimore Regional
Office
31 Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore, MD 21201 |
1-800-827-1000
(Toll Free)
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| A
United States flag is provided, at no cost, to drape a casket or
accompany the urn of a deceased veteran who servied honorably in
the U.S. Armed Forces. It is furnished to honor the memory of a
veteran's military service to his or her country. You must complete VA
Form 21-2008, Application for United States Flag for Burial Purposes, when
applying for the flag. You may get a flag at any VA Regional Office
or U.S. Post Office. Generally, the funeral director will help
you obtain the flag. |
| Headstones, Markers,
and Medallions - U.S. Department of Veterans |
Memorial Programs
Service (41A1)
Department of Veterans Affairs
5109 Russell Road
Quantico, VA 22134-3903 |
1-800-455-7143
(Fax)
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The Department
of Veterans Affairs furnishes upon request, at no charge to the
applicant, a Government headstone or marker for the unmarked grave
of any deceased eligible veteran in any cemetery around the world,
regardless of their date of death. For eligible veterans that
died on or after Nov. 1, 1990, VA may also provide a headstone
or marker for graves that are already marked with a private headstone
or marker. When the grave is already marked, applicants will have
the option to submit a claim for either a traditional headstone
or marker, or a new medallion. When burial or memorialization
is in a national, post, or state veterans' cemetery, a headstone
or marker will be ordered by the cemetery officials based on inscription
information provided by the next of kin. When burial is in a private
cemetery, VA
Form 40-1330, Application for Standard Government Headstone or
Marker, must be submitted by the next of kin or a representative,
such as a funeral director, cemetery official or veterans counselor,
along with veterans military discharge documents, to request a
Government-provided headstone or marker. Applications can be mailed
or faxed.
Bronze
Medallions: The new item can be furnished instead of
a traditional government headstone or marker for Veterans whose
death occurred on or after Nov. 1, 1990, and whose grave in a
private cemetery is marked with a privately purchased headstone
or marker. The medallion is available in three sizes: 5 inches,
3 inches, and 1 1/2 inches in width. Each bronze medallion features
the image of a folded burial flag adorned with laurels and is
inscribed with the word "Veteran" at the top and the branch of
service at the bottom. Next of kin will receive the medallion,
along with a kit that will allow the family or the staff of a
private cemetery to affix the medallion to a headstone, grave
marker, mausoleum or columbarium niche cover. VA
Form 40-1330M, Claim for Government Medallion.
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| Military
Funeral Honors - U.S. Department of Defense |
Directorate
for Public Inquiry and Analysis
Room 3A750, The Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1400 |
| Responsible
for providing military funeral honors. "Honoring Those Who Served"
is the title of the Department of Defense program for providing
dignified military funerals to veterans who have defended our nation.
The core elements of the funeral honors ceremony which will be conducted
are flag folding, flag presentation, and playing of Taps. To
arrange military funeral honors, contact your local funeral home.
Questions or comments concerning the program may be sent to the
address listed above. |
| Military
Homefront- Casualty Assistance Program |
| Casualty
Assistance Program covers a wide spectrum of services ranging from
supporting severely injured service members who are working to regain
a level of normalcy in their lives to assisting family members of
deceased, unaccounted for, or missing service members with final
arrangements and with understanding and accessing certain benefits
and entitlements. |
| Veterans
Cemetery Programs - Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs |
Christopher
T. Piscitelli, Director
1122 Sunrise Beach Road
Crownsville, MD 21032 |
410-923-6981
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| Offer
Maryland veterans, and their eligible dependents, a final resting
place at one of five state veterans' cemeteries located throughout
Maryland. A pre-interment program is available through which veterans
may indicate their desire to be buried in one of the state's cemeteries
and verify their eligibility for such burial on a pre-need basis.
The following facilities provide interment services during the normal
business week (Monday through Friday) and are open to the public
365 days of the year. |
Cheltenham
Veterans Cemetery
Martin Fahey, Superintendent
11301 Crain Highway
Cheltenham, MD 20623
E-mail: redfahey@verizon.net |
301-372-6398
(V)
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Crownsville
Veterans Cemetery
Virginia "Pat" Ritter, Cemetery Superintendent
1122 Sunrise Beach Road
Crownsville, MD 21032
E-mail: vp.ritter@verizon.net |
410-987-6320
(V)
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Eastern
Shore Veterans Cemetery
Bruce W. Webster, Cemetery Superintendent
6827 East New Market Elwood Road
Hurlock, MD 21643
E-mail: brucewebster@amtechpc.com |
410-943-3420
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Garrison
Forest Veterans Cemetery
Kenneth McKisset, Cemetery Superintendent
11501 Garrison Forest Road
Owings Mills, MD 21117
E-mail: kenneth.mckisset@va.gov |
410-363-6090
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Rocky
Gap Veterans Cemetery
Ronald Platt, Cemetery Superintendent
14205 Pleasant Valley Road, NE
Flintstone, MD 21530
E-mail: rplatt@dishmail.net |
301-777-2185 (V)
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