ALL Honorable Discharged Vets with 180 days or the new formula 24 months qualify for burial in a Veterans Cemetery overseen by the VA or by some states. My dad passed a couple years ago he barely made his 180 day mark at the end of WW2. His dad had passed and he was needed at home to provide for his mom and sisters. The war was over and discharges were a plenty. Dad was buried in a VA Cemetery.
VA provides for the plot for Vet, spouse, and minor dependents. They open and close the grave and provide the marker. IOW about half of the cost of a typical funeral. Vet and spouse will share one grave. First one to pass is buried about 7 ft down the other spouse is buried on top. I worked at a VA Cemetery while going to Voc/Tech school.
“ALL Honorable Discharged Vets with 180 days or the new formula 24 months qualify for burial in a Veterans Cemetery overseen by the VA or by some states.”
I simply found it unusual that he would be eligible for VA benefits with the “Not eligible for reenlistment” notation on his DD-214. I knew him. He was not a good person. I could not, at the time and still cannot understand why he was not discharged with a ‘less-than-honorable’ discharge.
The only time I used my VA benefits was for a VA home loan in the early 70s. Otherwise, I have used only medical insurance with the premiums being paid by me.