VA adds 5 million more veterans to online legacy project

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VA adds 5 million more veterans to online legacy project
By Leo Shane III
Nov 2, 05:00 AM
A visitors to Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise walks among rows of headstones on May 29, 2021. (Thomas Alvarez/Idaho Army National Guard)

Ahead of Veterans Day celebrations, federal officials have added roughly 5 million veterans buried at private cemeteries to the Veterans Legacy Memorial project, nearly doubling the number of individuals honored with online memorial pages.

The dramatic expansion of the four-year-old initiative means that about one-quarter of all veterans ever to serve in American history are listed in the online repository. Before now, only individuals buried in Veterans Affairs cemeteries, military cemeteries and other government sites were included.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC (Join to see) Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG Patrick Burke PO2 Marco Monsalve Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Kim Patterson] SFC Ralph E Kelley SPC (Join to see) SSG William Jones Maj Ronald Scarpa SSG Paul Endes PO1 Lyndon Thomas