Find war heroes online.

AuthorSwartz, Nikki
PositionNews, Trends & Analysis - Brief Article

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has made it easier and faster to find information about war heroes by posting 3.2 million records for veterans buried at 120 national cemeteries since the Civil War in an online database (www.cem.va.gov).

The department's Nationwide Graveside Locator also contains records for some state veterans' cemeteries and burials in Arlington National Cemetery since 1999. The records, which previously were stored as paper and microfilm, are searchable at no cost. The...

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