U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Announces Name of New Veterans Cemetery in Elko

Washington, D.C. – NDVS has learned through the Office of Nevada U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has named the new veterans cemetery in Elko the Elko National Cemetery. This rural national cemetery will, for the first time, provide burial benefits in the Elko region to approximately 3,700 veterans and their eligible family members.   

Before being approved earlier this year, Elko had been under consideration for a veterans’ cemetery since 2011, when the VA’s Rural Initiative identified the area as in need of a National Veterans Burial Ground. Unfortunately, the closest veterans’ cemeteries for regional veterans and their families are currently more than 200 miles away – in either Fernley or Salt Lake City.  

Follow the legislation by clicking HERE to read the initial Elko National Cemetery Act, which was introduced in the Senate – Energy and Natural Resources Committee in March of last year on 3/11/21.  

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