Indigent veteran with no next-of-kin: VA will furnish either a casket or cremation urn for interment in either a national, state or tribal veterans cemetery. Headstone or marker allowance ...
If you want to be cremated and have your ashes buried ... also provide a free headstone, urn or memorial plaque. Some states also help with the cost of burial and the cost of setting a headstone.
Funeral home urns usually cost around $100 to $350, but you aren’t required to get one. After cremation, your family will receive your ashes in a thick plastic bag inside a cardboard box.
/ David Parsons Photography/Moment/Getty Images (cemetery), Jon Mayer/Mental Floss (thought bubble) Eventually, we’re all going to end up in a graveyard. Or is that ...