Free burial for veterans eligible for a national cemetery, their spouses, and Guard and reserve members discharged other than dishonorably, at the state cemetery in Madison. The plot, opening and closing, vault, marker and chapel cost the family nothing.
Also called: IC 10-17-11, Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, IVMC, Madison, state veterans cemetery, burial, columbarium, Governor's Memorial Certificate.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery is on the grounds of Madison State Hospital, next to Clifty Falls State Park. Since 2023 IC 10-17-11-5 also allows the cemetery on the grounds of the Indiana Veterans' Home.
Who may be buried. IC 10-17-11-10: a veteran eligible for burial in a national cemetery under 38 U.S.C. 2402 and that veteran's spouse; a member of a reserve component or the Indiana Army or Air National Guard who was discharged, or who died, under conditions other than dishonorable; and a member of Army, Navy or Air Force ROTC who died as a member. For the reserve and Guard group, a spouse, a minor child and an unmarried adult child may also be buried.
What it costs. The Department of Veterans Affairs lists no cost for the opening and closing of the plot, the outer burial container, the monument and use of the chapel, for casket burial, in-ground cremation, the columbarium or the scatter garden.
Pre-need. Apply for a VA pre-need determination on VA Form 40-10007. The cemetery also arranges the Governor's Memorial Certificate on State Form 54314. Telephone 812-273-9220.
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