Eligible Veterans | No Fee (see note below) |
Eligible Spouse and or Dependents | $350.00 |
Fees include the grave site, opening and closing of the grave, engraving of veteran, spouse and/or dependent information on the headstone or marker, and perpetual care. For casket burials, a grave liner or vault is required and is not provided by the cemetery. The family is responsible for the cost and installation of the grave liner through a funeral home. Your funeral director can provide specific information.
Note: The NHSVC receives a plot allowance from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) determined by the date of death for the veteran and based on Public Law affecting the National Cemetery Administration according to the following dates:
If the VA previously paid this plot allowance, the next of kin or authorized agent is required to make payment of same to the NHSVC. VA rules prohibit seeking plot allowance reimbursement if the veteran is charged a fee by a State.
Memorial Markers | No Fee |
Memorial Markers (veteran only) are provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at no cost. A prerequisite for being eligible for a memorial marker is that the veteran cannot be memorialized in any other cemetery (i.e. have a headstone or grave marker of any kind)
Full Casket
• Disinterment and re-interment within cemetery | $700.00 |
• Disinterment and removed from NHSVC | $350.00 |
This fee does not include the cost associated with the removal of the vault and/or the replacement of vault (if needed). This must be accomplished by a vault company and coordinated with a funeral director or designee, or the next-of-kin as defined in RSA 290:16, or designated agent under RSA 290:17.
In Ground Cremains
• Disinterment and re-interment within cemetery | $400.00 |
• Disinterment and removed from NHSVC | $200.00 |
Columbarium Cremains
• Removal from columbarium to in-ground within cemetery | $300.00 |
• Relocate from columbarium to columbarium within cemetery | $200.00 |
• Removal from columbarium and removed from NHSVC | $100.00 |