Military Funeral RIte

Eligibility

Services provided by branch of service to which the deceased was associated

FD must contact specific branch to coordinate details

Procession

1. Band

2. Escort (Including firing squad and bugler)

3. Color Guard

4. Chaplain

5. Casket Coach or Caisson (Honorary pall bearers to the side)

6. Body bearers

7. Family

8. Society

Eligibility pt.2

Miliitary members on active duty or in the Selected Reserve

Former military members

• Who served on active duty

• completed at least one term of enlistment

• discharged due to disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty

• and departed under conditions other than dishonorable

Documentatoin of veteran eligibility

DD 214 (preferred method)

Certificate of release or Discharge from active duty

Any discharge doc. showing other than dishonorable service can be used

Military Escot

Assigned to accompany a body following an active duty death

Other services for active duty

• provided by contract mortuary

  • Embalming

  • Dressing

  • Casket

• Expense reimbursement available

Burial Benefits - VA Department

• Burial in a national cemetery

  • Grave

  • Opening and closing of the grave

  • Outer burial container

  • Perpetual care

• Government headstone or marker

• Burial flag

• Presidential Memorial Certificate (Might be controversial to the family)