Book Description

The National Cemetery System (NCS) of the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides interment of eligible veterans and their families upon demand in national cemeteries. This report assesses the NCS's plans for addressing veterans' future burial demands; determines the relative 30-year costs of three types of cemeteries: one providing only casket interment, another providing only interment of cremated remains in columbarium niches, and a third providing only in-ground interment of cremated remains; and identifies what NCS can do to extend the service period of existing national cemeteries. Map, charts and tables.