Visitation Hours: Open daily 7:30 a.m. to sunset.

Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

IMPORTANT: The main phone line at Fort Smith National Cemetery is experiencing service outages periodically. If you call the main phone number listed and cannot reach the cemetery, please dial 479-435-3044 or try your call again later. To schedule a burial, please call the National Cemetery Scheduling Office toll-free at 1-800-535-1117. VA is actively working to resolve this issue and appreciates your patience.

Burial in a national cemetery is open to all members of the armed forces who have met a minimum active duty service requirement and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

A Veteran's spouse, widow or widower, minor dependent children, and under certain conditions, unmarried adult children with disabilities may also be eligible for burial. Eligible spouses and children may be buried even if they predecease the Veteran.

Members of the reserve components of the armed forces who die while on active duty or who die while on training duty, or were eligible for retired pay, may also be eligible for burial.

» Eligibility for Burial in a VA National Cemetery

From Fort Smith Airport, take South 74th Street to Rogers Avenue, turn left and proceed west approximately five miles to S. 6th Street, turn left and proceed three blocks to cemetery entrance. From Oklahoma on Interstate 40, take the Roland, Oklahoma exit, follow US 64 south to Fort Smith, approximately six miles. Turn right on South 6th Street and proceed three blocks to cemetery entrance. From Fayetteville or Little Rock, Arkansas on Interstate 40 going west, take the Interstate 540 exit to Rogers Ave. (West) exit. Proceed west, approximately 4-1/4 miles, to South 6th Street, turn left and proceed three blocks to cemetery entrance.

Fax all discharge documentation to the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 1-866-900-6417 and follow-up with a phone call to 1-800-535-1117.

For information on scheduled burials in our national cemeteries, please go to the Daily Burial Schedule.