Over 75 years of Excellence
Sawyer-Fuller Funeral Home & Cremation Services
2125 Twelve Mile Road, Berkley, Michigan 48072 | Main: (248) 398-6500 | Fax: (248) 398-0733 | info@sawyerfuller.com
Sawyer-Fuller Funeral Home is proud of our veterans and works with all Armed Forces branches (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy) in scheduling benefits due to them. Most veterans are eligible for a government headstone or marker, burial flag, military honors, and Taps.
Also, veterans are given the opportunity to be buried (casket or urn) in one of 131 National Cemeteries. For those using a national cemetery, a grave liner and the opening and closing of the grave are provided by the U.S. Government.
To be eligible for these benefits a veteran must fulfill certain requirements. To see all those requirements please click here.
Military Service
Honoring those who have served us.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 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. The VA may also furnish a headstone or marker for graves that are marked with a private headstone or marker, for veterans that died on or after November 1, 1990.
A marked grave is defined as a grave with a privately purchased headstone that displays the name of the veteran and dates of birth and death. When the grave is already marked, applicants will have the option to submit a claim for either a traditional headstone or marker, or the new medallion.
When burial or memorialization is in a national cemetery, state veterans' cemetery, or military post/base cemetery, a headstone or marker will be ordered by the cemetery officials based on inscription information provided by the next of kin or authorized representative.
Spouses and dependents are not eligible for a Government-furnished headstone or marker unless they are buried in a national cemetery, state veterans' cemetery, or military post/base cemetery.
To download view and download the application, click here.
To find out if you are eligible for a VA headstone, click here.
