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This Memorial Day, VA Adds More than 300,000 Veterans to its Legacy Memorial Project Site



Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment also known as The Old Guard place flags in front of each headstone for "Flags-In" at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to honor the nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

29 May 2023
Military.com | By Patricia Kime

The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its Veterans Legacy Memorial project to include former service members interred at 27 cemeteries managed by the Air Force, Navy and Army, including Arlington National Cemetery.

Ahead of Memorial Day, VA officials said the expansion adds more than 300,000 veterans to the online memorial, which now contains landing pages for roughly 4.8 million veterans.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/05/29/memorial-day-va-adds-more-300000-veterans-its-legacy-memorial-project-site.html