Funeral Homes and Veteran’s Funeral Care

June 7, 2021

If you’ve recently lost a loved one that served in our country’s armed forces, you need to be aware of veteran services at funeral homes, like our Veteran’s Funeral Care.

funeral homes Oklahoma City, OK

Serving in the United States armed forces is a great sacrifice, and all of our veterans deserve to be honored. One such way our country honors veterans is with veteran funeral services at funeral homes in Oklahoma City, OK

 

Military funeral service honors are given to members of the United States Armed Forces, or those that served in the Marines, Army, National Guard, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard. The veteran must also meet one or more the following requirements: 

  1. Passed away while in active duty or Selective Reserve 
  2. Completed at least one term of enlistment or initial obligated service in the Selective Reserve, and was not dishonorably discharged 
  3. Served on active duty, or in the Selected Reserve, and was not dishonorably discharged 

 

There are a range of post-humus benefits available to veterans to ensure they get the honor and respect they deserve. All you have to do is submit a formal request. The United States has laws that provide eligible veterans with military funeral services honors. If an eligible service member’s family so requests, the government must provide no-cost honors including Flag Folding and Presentation. All eligible veterans have the right for to have at least 2 Armed Forces members serving as an honor guard during the funeral. At least one of these guards will be from the deceased’s service branch, and this guard will present a traditionally folded American flag to the next of kin or designated person upon the funeral’s completion. 

 

There is also Taps and flag burials. A flag is provided at no cost to the family to drape the casket or accompany the urn. The flag will then be folded and presented to eligible family members such as the next of kin or requested friends. Family members may donate their flags to national cemeteries with Avenue of Flags so the flag can be flown on patriotic holidays to honor the deceased, or they may keep the flag as a keepsake or at-home memorial. “Taps” is a bugle song traditionally associated with military and patriotic funerals. Though live bugle performances are rarely seen these days, military funeral honors require that a high-quality recording of the song be played at any eligible funeral services if no live bugle is available.   

 

Finally, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) can furnish a headstone at no cost to the family. These veteran’s headstones are made available for any veteran regardless of date of death. These headstones come in bronze, marble and granite in various styles to match existing headstones in the place of burial. 

 

If you would like to learn more about veteran funeral services or eligibility, please contact the department of Veteran’s Affairs. For more information on Oklahoma City, OK funeral homes, please reach out to Corbett Funeral & Cremation. We offer a range of services for veterans including our special Veteran’s Funeral Care  and Honorable Cremation services. Stop by and visit us or give us a call today to learn more about what we can do for you in your time of loss.

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