Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West
 KDVA opened the Commonwealth's first state veterans cemetery in Hopkinsville on 1 March 2004 and interred the first veteran there the same day. He was a World War II veteran, an African-American Kentucky native who joined the Army when it was still segregated.
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Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West was dedicated on 21 November 2003. BG (ret.) John Nicholson, US Dept. of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, delivered the keynote address. The cemetery opened and the first interments took place on 1 March 2004.
Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West is located on 80 acres on Route 41A south of Hopkinsville at mile marker eleven (11.) It includes a 3,600-square-foot administration building, a 4,400-square-foot maintenance building with service area, committal facility and a columbarium. It also has appropriate parking, road network, walking path and landscaping commensurate with the dignity and honor of a state veterans cemetery.
Construction and initial equipment for KVCW cost $6.2 million. The state paid the initial cost to acquire the land, but was reimbursed by private donations. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reimbursed the state for construction, and the state pays the operating costs.
Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West
5817 Fort Campbell Boulevard
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
Phone: 270-889-6106
Toll-free: 800-928-9622
Fax: 270-889-0210
Email: kdva.kvcw@ky.gov
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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
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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