Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North East
Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North East opened in October 2010. As of May 4, 2012, it has interred 161 veterans and dependents, including 3 active-duty service members and one service member killed in action.
Memorial Day Ceremony
Will be held on Monday, May 28 at noon. Guest speaker will be Ret. Sgt. Major Bobby L. Reynolds, member of the Governor's Advisory Board for Veterans Affairs. Invocation, Posting and Retiring of the Colors, and laying of Wreaths by American Legion Post 93. Refreshments by AMVETS Post 95. Olivia Black, violinist at Paul G. Blazer High School, will play the National Anthem.
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Description |
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Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North East is located on approximately 75 acres on East Park Drive off Highway 67 and Industrial Parkway off I-64 in Greenup County, approximately one half-mile north of U.S. Highway 64 at the Boyd, Carter and Greenup County border. Construction includes an administration building (~3,600 square feet), a maintenance building (~4,400 square feet) with service area, committal facility and a columbarium. Appropriate parking, road network, walking path and landscaping commensurate with the dignity and honor for a state veteran’s cemetery.
Construction and initial equipment for KVCNE cost $6.1 million. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reimbursed the state for construction, and the state pays the operating costs.
KDVA began construction on Kentucky's fourth State Veterans Cemetery in Greenup County in August 2009. Governor Steve Beshear lead the groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, September 18, 2009.
Click here to read the article in the Ashland Independent.
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Contact Information |
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Director Frank Kees
Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North East
100 Veterans Memorial Drive
Greenup County, Kentucky 41143
Phone: 606-929-5354
Fax: 606-929-5347
Email: KDVA.KVCNE@ky.gov
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Qualifications and Services |
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Qualifications
Burial in a state veteran's cemetery is based on military service. The eligibility criteria is the same criteria for burial in VA national cemeteries. KDVA staff will direct requests for interment to staff at the cemetery where burial is sought.
Services
Total interment services include:
- Furnishing grave or columbarium space
- Opening and closing the grave
- Providing the interment site with perpetual care
- Supplying a suitable marker or headstone
- Furnishing an optional concrete grave liner for all casketed burials
NOTE on markers and headstones: Although the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers flat marble or bronze markers in addition to upright bronze and marble headstones, KDVA permits only upright marble headstones and marble columbarium niche markers at our state cemeteries.
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