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From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <>
Subject: Veterans Gravesite locator .. National Cemeteries
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:38:16 -0700


This has been sent out before but it wells work another send.

VA Adds Records to Online Gravesite Locator


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 helps veterans' families,
former comrades-in-arms and others find the graves of veterans. VA recently
added 1.9 million records for veterans buried primarily in private
cemeteries to its database. 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. Veterans whose discharges are
other than dishonorable, their spouses and dependent children may be buried
in a national cemetery, regardless of where they live. No advance
reservations are made. VA provides perpetual care, as well as a headstone or
marker, a burial flag and a memorial certificate to survivors. Information
on VA burial benefits can be obtained from national cemetery offices, from a
VA Website at www.cem.va.gov or by calling VA regional offices toll-free at
1-800-827-1000.

Example: [this is uncle, he lived close by me in Sun City, AZ]
ROLLS, JOHN G
MSGT US AIR FORCE
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/18/1920
DATE OF DEATH: 09/28/2003
BURIED AT: SECTION 18G SITE 139
NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF ARIZONA
23029 NORTH CAVE CREEK ROAD PHOENIX, AZ 85024
(480) 513-3600




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