Enlisted Personnel


Burial at Arlington National Cemetery

Military funeral honors can be provided by the decedent's branch of service. The cemetery staff will arrange for the military funeral honors when military funeral honors are requested. The honors will include service specific casket team (also referred to as body bearers or pallbearers), firing party, and a bugler. Additional honors may be available for certain senior non-commissioned officers (pay grade of E-9) depending upon the branch of service. A military chaplain may be scheduled by the cemetery staff, unless the family minister is desired and provided by the next-of-kin or the funeral home.

Please note, in accordance with guidance from the Secretary of the Army (SecArmy Memorandum Subject: Funeral Honors at Arlington National Cemetery for Soldiers Who Die as a Result of Wounds Received in Action, dated 02 January 2009), all service members who die from wounds received as a result of enemy action and are being interred, inurned or memorialized at Arlington National Cemetery are eligible to receive full military funeral honors.