Mountain Home National Cemetery partners with local funeral homes to provide information to area veterans. On October 16, Tetrick Funeral Home provided a bus to veterans interested in learning more about our National Cemetery. They were treated to a tour of the cemetery and lunch was provided by Tetrick.

James Barger from the National Cemetery provided a history of the cemetery and information on veteran burial benefits for the group. VA is always looking for ways to provide information to local veterans.

A Town Hall meeting is scheduled for November 6 in the conference center at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. More information on the Town Hall can be found at:  https://www.facebook.com/events/397274677633911/

VA operates 139 national cemeteries and 33 soldiers’ lots and monument sites in 41 states and Puerto Rico. More than 4 million Americans, including veterans of every war and conflict, are buried in VA’s national cemeteries. VA also provides funding to establish, expand, improve and maintain 115 veterans cemeteries in 48 states and territories including tribal trust lands, Guam, and Saipan. For veterans not buried in a VA national cemetery, VA provides headstones, markers or medallions to commemorate their service. In 2018, VA honored 364,698 veterans and their loved ones with memorial benefits in national, state, tribal and private cemeteries.

Information on VA burial benefits is available from local VA national cemetery offices, from the Internet at www.cem.va.gov , or by calling VA regional offices toll-free at 800-827-1000. To make burial arrangements at any open VA national cemetery at the time of need, call the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 800-535-1117.