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VETERAN’S LEGACY MEMORIAL

Veteran’s Legacy Memorial

New VLM pages include:

n Charity Adams Earley, commander of the 6888
Central Postal Directory Battalion from WWII,
recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in 2022,
interred at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
in Dayton, Ohio. https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/
CHARITYADAMSEARLEY/53251D

n Marie Edmee LeRoux Sebastien, member of the U.S.
Army Signal Corps Telephone Operators “Hello
www.va.gov/remember Girls” from WWI, interred at Fort Lincoln Cemetery
in Brentwood, Maryland. Until recently, she was
The National Cemetery Administration has embarked on buried in an unmarked grave. https://www.vlm.cem.
the largest expansion of the number of Veterans’ pages for va.gov/MEDMEELEROUXSEBASTIEN/559F47
its award-winning website, the Veterans Legacy Memorial,
since its inception in May 2019. By adding nearly 5 n Arthur Raymond Lewis, U.S. Merchant Marine
million pages of Veterans interred in private and other from WWII, is interred at Camp Lemonnier,
non-VA cemeteries who received a NCA-provided head- Djibouti. Lewis died at sea aboard the S.S. Steel
stone, marker or medallion, VLM will host nearly 10 mil- Vendor in the Gulf of Tadjoura. https://www.vlm.
lion total Veteran pages. cem.va.gov/ARTHURRAYMONDLEWIS/5000D6

First launched in 2019, VLM is an interactive online plat- n David Crockett served as a first lieutenant
form comprised of more than 4.85 million individual in Headquarters Company, 355th Labor
Veteran profile pages. These pages display military infor- Battalion, Quartermaster Corps, United States
mation (service branch, rank, war period, decorations) Army. Crockett is interred at Gettysburg National
and resting place details (cemetery name, clickable map, Military Park. https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/
gravesite, interment date), and it allows family members, DAVIDHCROCKETT/4B974D
friends and others to upload a variety of content. People can
submit tributes, biographies, photos and documents; create Visit www.va.gov/remember, find your Veteran or choose
a word cloud that describes a Veteran, and develop a time- another who has been laid to rest at a cemetery near you,
line of military and personal achievements. To date, more and provide them a lasting memory to help keep their
than 73,000 pieces of content live forever on Veteran pages. legacy alive.

The NCA marker-ordering system automatically gener-
ates a VLM page when a Veteran’s eligibility has been con-
firmed and the order placed by NCA staff.

For information about VA burial benefits, visit one of VA’s National
Cemetery Locations in-person, visit online at VA burial benefits and

memorial items, or call toll free at 800-827-1000. To plan ahead for
you and your family, visit NCA’s pre-need eligibility website.

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