Planning a funeral in advance of death is called pre need funeral planning. Pre need funeral plans outline wishes for funeral services and interment. To avoid inflationary funeral costs, prepaid funeral plans are available.

National Cemeteries

The VA's National Cemetery Administration maintains 131 national cemeteries in 39
states(and Puerto Rico) as well as 33 soldier's lots and monument sites.

• VA National Cemetery Lookup
  

Department of the Army National Cemeteries - The Department of the Army maintains two
national cemeteries, the Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers' & Airmen's
Home National Cemetery.

• United States Soldiers' & Airmen's Home National Cemetery
  
  
  
• Arlington National Cemetery