Veterans Burial Flags

A United States flag is provided, at no cost, to drape the casket or accompany the urn of a deceased veteran who served honorably in the U. S. Armed Forces.  It is furnished to honor the memory of a veteran's military service to his or her country. VA will furnish a burial flag for memorialization for:

• A veteran who served during wartime
  
• A veteran who died on active duty after May 27, 1941
  
• A veteran who served after January 31, 1955
  
• A peacetime veteran who was discharged or released before June 27, 1950
  
• Certain persons who served in the organized military forces of the Commonwealth of the Philippines while in service of the U.S. Armed Forces and who died on or after April 25, 1951
  
• Certain former members of the Selected Reserves

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