A look at the pace of veterans’ burials at national cemeteries:

A look at the pace of veterans’ burials at national cemeteries:

6: Number of new national cemeteries under construction.

71‚Ñ2: Average burials per day at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery.

30: Average burials per day at Riverside National Cemetery in California.

60: Median age of Vietnam War veterans and all veterans in 2007.

76: Median age of Korean War veterans in 2007.

84: Median age of World War II veterans in 2007.

125: Number of national cemeteries.

1,800: Average number of veterans dying each day.

101,200: Number of interments in national cemeteries in 2007.

686,000: Estimated number of veteran deaths in 2007.

7.9 million: Number of living Vietnam era veterans.

23.8 million: Estimated number of living veterans.

Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs