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From: "Kate Lynn" <>
Subject: VA Offers Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:14:25 -0500


Reproduced FYI from another list:

VA Offers Nationwide Gravesite Locator

The VA has made it easier and faster for the public to get answers about
family history, old war buddies or famous war heroes. The agency has put
on the Web 3.2 million records for veterans buried at 120 national
cemeteries since the Civil War. The VA's Nationwide Gravesite Locator
also has records for some state veterans cemeteries and burials in
Arlington National Cemetery since 1999 (http://www.cem.va.gov/). The
navigator includes names, dates of birth and death, military service
dates, service branch and rank if known, cemetery information and grave
location in the cemetery. The VA will withhold some information, such as
next of kin, for privacy purposes. For more on military death and burial
programs, see the Death & Burial Overview page. (source; Military.com
newsletter)

I tried the names of several vets that I know are deceased with no
returns on all except "Jones" (no surprise there!) I have not dug deep
into this web site, however, so I may have used an incorrect protocol.

Regards,
Kate Lynn




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