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Nation
Cemetery of the Alleghenies
now available to veterans and family members
Veterans and
family members in western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia
now have the option of burial in the new National Cemetery of the
Alleghenies.
A five-acre section permitting about 3,700 burial spaces will be
opened to allow burials to begin even before the cemetery's
construction is completed. A construction contract to develop a
total of 80 acres for approximately 19,000 burial sites will be
awarded this fall.
VA expects to complete that project in 2007.
The 292-acre site is in Washington County, about 12 miles south of
Pittsburgh. The cemetery is expected to serve veterans in 16
counties of western Pennsylvania and three in northern West
Virginia. About 323,000 veterans live within 75 miles of the site.
When construction of the cemetery's initial phase is completed in
2007, the site will include an administration and maintenance
complex, three committal service shelters, a public information
center with electronic gravesite locator and restrooms, a flag
assembly area and a memorial walkway and donations area
Burial space will include 15,000 gravesites, a columbarium to hold
3,000 cremation remains and 1,250 in-ground cremation burial sites.
Information on VA burial benefits can be obtained from national
cemetery offices, from a
VA Website or by calling VA regional offices toll-free at
1-800-827-1000. Information on the National Cemetery of the
Alleghenies can be obtained by calling 724-746-4363. For more on
burial benefits and regulations, also see
Death & Burial Benefits. |
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