VIEWPOINT | Commemorative urns disqualify vets for other cemetery markers

Guest column by S.D. Veterans Affairs Secretary Greg Whitlock

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it will provide a commemorative urn or plaque for a deceased veteran. Families should note that if they select the new urn or plaque option, they cannot inter their loved one at a VA National Cemetery and cannot receive a government-furnished headstone, marker, niche cover, or meda…