Veterans' View
VA Adds Nearly Two Million Records to Online
Gravesite Locator
by Amy Simmons, Veterans Service Officer, Washington County
The burial locations of more than 5 million veterans for whom the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has provided grave markers are now available on the Internet, as well as the information inscribed on the markers. Online since April 2004, the nationwide gravesite locator (http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov) helps veterans’ families, former comrades-in-arms and others find the graves of veterans.
Internet users only need to provide the last name of the deceased veteran or dependent. Typically, the information available includes name, birth and death dates, rank, branch of service and the address and phone number of the cemetery.
VA recently added 1.9 million records for veterans buried primarily in private cemeteries to its database. The new records date from January 1997, the earliest time for which electronic records exist. 3405002
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