General Visitor Information

Special events: Memorial Day Ceremony (May), Veterans Day Ceremony (November) and Wreaths Across America (December). Please contact the office for dates.

Burial space: Cremated remains may be placed in ground with a flat marker or in the above ground columbarium wall. Currently the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery is under construction for our Phase II expansion project of an additional 53 developed acres; providing an additional 15,000 casketed burial sites, 22,000 columbarium niches.

General information Kiosk: There are two locations. The Public Information Center Kiosk is available during visitation hours and the Administration Office Kiosk is available during business hours only. The Kiosk contains the names of veterans and their eligible dependents buried at the cemetery. The Kiosk will generate a printed map with the name of the decedent and their grave location

Public Information Center: The Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery has a Public Information Center (PIC) where visitors can obtain information from an automated Kiosk or from volunteers who staff the PIC Monday – Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sunday noon to 4:00 p.m.

Funeral processions: All funeral processions meet with their family, clergy, and cemetery representative at the PIC and then proceed to the designated shelter.

Military Funeral Honors
The local military honor groups are comprised of a combination of active duty members and full-time reserve members who provide military honors to all veterans buried at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.  On occasion, members of veteran service organizations also participate in providing supplemental military honors by providing a three-person rifle detail or live bugler.

After a cemetery staff member confirms your service time please schedule military honors by contacting the following:

• For retired Marine Corps Only, phone 866-826-3628.
• All other services call 325-696-1597 or 325-696-5532 and fax the honorable discharge document to 325-696-5707.