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VA Increases Burial Options for Veterans in Urban Areas

New program creates columbarium-only national cemeteries in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Indianapolis and Alameda, CA

Official Urges Families To Learn About Burial Honors Eligibility

Many veterans and their families are unaware of burial benefits available to them.

Sailors escort the coffin of Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan on Oct. 28, 2016, in San Diego. A California school district's student body lined the street to honor him. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
School District Pulls Out of Funeral Processions for Fallen Sailors

A California school district and the Navy agreed on the move, out of concern for children with parents serving overseas.

The casket of Sgt. La David T. Johnson, killed in an ambush in Niger, is wheeled out after a viewing Oct. 20 at Christ The Rock Church in Cooper City, Fla. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP)
Niger Attack: Final Farewell Saturday for Sgt. Johnson

Mourners gathered Friday night for a public viewing at Christ the Rock Church in Cooper City, Fla.

Sgt. Donald Young places a U.S. flag over the casket of Sgt. La David Johnson during his burial service in Hollywood, Fla., on Oct. 21. Johnson was one of four Green Berets killed Oct. 4 by Islamic extremists in Niger. (Matias Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)
Trump Blasts Congresswoman as Sgt. Johnson Laid to Rest

Johnson’s photograph was displayed near his casket, along with photographs of the three other soldiers killed in the Niger...

AF Changes Military Funeral Honor Requirements
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rosalie Chang)
A Master Chief Returns to Sea for Last Time

The ocean swells cradled the ship and the white tops broke under a clear sky as the casket of Master Chief Kyle G. Sutton...

U.S. Navy sailors carry a casket with the body of Navy SEAL Charles H. Keating IV at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Coronado, Calif., on May 13. Keating was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in battle against ISIS. (Getty Images)
Crowds Line Streets to Honor US Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq

Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV was the third servicemember killed in Iraq since U.S. forces returned there in 2014.

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Paying for the Inevitable: Funeral Planning

Uncle Sam ensures the payment of taxes every April 15, but there is no such uncle forcing Americans to prepare for the other...

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