Both state and federal programs exist that can assist with memorial services and compensation, including Nebraska’s state veteran cemetery, and benefits for eligible survivors.
Both state and federal programs exist that can assist with memorial services and compensation, including Nebraska’s state veteran cemetery, and benefits for eligible survivors.
Nebraska Veterans Aid — Nebraska Veterans Aid can be used to cover funeral expenses when normal payment methods have been exhausted.
Nebraska Veterans Cemetery at Alliance — The Nebraska Veterans Cemetery at Alliance offers Nebraska veterans a final resting place that is fitting of the honor they are owed. Burial fields are available for casket or cremation remains for veterans and their eligible dependents. Memorial Services are offered, with full Military Funeral Honors, for all veterans.
Dependent Indemnity Compensation — DIC: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation is a tax free monthly benefit paid to eligible survivors of military service members who died in the line of duty or eligible survivors of veterans whose death resulted from a service-connected injury or disease.
Fort McPherson National Cemetery — Fort McPherson National Cemetery is a 20-acre cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska. Any veteran who is buried in a national cemetery is entitled to military funeral honors that include folding and presentation of the U.S. flag to the next of kin and the playing of Taps.
Omaha National Cemetery — Omaha National Cemetery is a 236-acre cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska. Burial in a national cemetery is open to all members of the armed forces who have met a minimum active duty service requirement and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
VA Survivors Pension — VA Survivors Pension is a monthly payment to qualified surviving spouses and unmarried dependent children of wartime veterans who meet certain income and net worth limits set by congress.