DANVILLE — The Danville National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 13,000 veterans and their spouses.
Jake Serd, Cemetery Manager/Contracting Officer Representative of the Danville National Cemetery, explained the facts about National Cemetery Administration and specifically the Danville National Cemetery during a recent Danville Lions Club meeting.
The cemetery, situated on 64 acres, accommodates casketed and cremated remains. Approximately 150 burials are conducted each year and Medal of Honor recipient Morton A. Read of Danville is interred at Danville National Cemetery. It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Specific gravesites can be found using an automated gravesite locator kiosk near the VA Administration Building at 1900 E. Main Street. A nationwide Gravesite Locator for national cemeteries is available on the internet at https://www.cem.va.gov and the cemetery is open daily from dawn to dusk for visitation.
NCA honors eligible veterans, active-duty service members and eligible family members with final resting places in national shrines and with lasting tributes that commemorate their service to our nation.
For more information on Danville National Cemetery, you can visit their office at 1900 E. Main Street, call (217) 554-4550 or email at Jacob.serd@va.gov.
At it’s next meeting, the Danville Lions will hear from District 1-M Governor Mark Wyer. The Lions Club will meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at Spanky’s Banquet Hall, 409 East Main Street in Danville.