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Originally published:<\/strong> 2025-05-06T20:00:00+00:00. Historical source article: benefits, rules, amounts and deadlines may have changed. Check the official source for current information.<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today it has expanded its\u00a0Veterans Legacy Memorial<\/a>\u00a0website to add 210,000 additional pages for American Veterans interred and honored in cemeteries and memorials managed by the\u00a0American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a>\u00a0overseas. The collaboration between VA\u2019s National Cemetery Administration and ABMC brings the total number of VLM pages to more than 10 million.<\/p>\n

VLM is the nation\u2019s largest online memorial space dedicated to Veterans and Service Members interred in VA national cemeteries, Department of Defense-managed cemeteries, VA grant-funded state\/tribal\/territory cemeteries, National Park Service cemeteries, and private cemeteries around the world. VLM offers family and friends a way to share lasting memories of a Veteran by uploading written tributes, photos, biographies, documents, and other information. Living Veterans who have been approved for pre-need burial in a VA National Cemetery can tell their own stories on VLM through the \u201cYour Life, Your Story\u201d feature.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe brave Americans resting in American Battle Monuments Commission<\/a> cemeteries and whose names are inscribed on ABMC memorials around the world sacrificed their lives to liberate allied countries and to protect our nation\u2019s interests,\u201d said Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs<\/a> Ronald Walters. \u201cIt\u2019s our honor to preserve their legacies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to be a part of this partnership, which adds new resources to honor our nations veterans from all wars and brings their stories to those who aren\u2019t able to visit our ABMC sites overseas,\u201d said ABMC Acting Secretary Robert Dalessandro.<\/p>\n

Learn more about ABMC and visit their cemeteries and memorials via virtual 360 tours online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order that shifted the management and maintenance of the eight permanent military cemeteries in Europe from the War Department to ABMC. Today, ABMC administers, operates and maintains 26 American cemeteries on foreign soil while providing perpetual care for the gravesites of 30,973 Veterans from World War I, 92,958 from World War II and 750 from the Mexican American War. ABMC also memorializes more than 94,000 Americans who went missing in action or were lost or buried at sea.<\/p>\n

Since the VLM website launched in 2019, nearly 200,000 submissions have been made to Veteran profile pages. NCA moderators review all content submitted to VLM before being posted to a Veteran\u2019s page to ensure it conforms to the VLM User Policy.<\/p>\n

For information about VA burial benefits, visit one of VA\u2019s 156\u00a0National Cemetery locations<\/a>\u00a0in-person, online at\u00a0VA burial benefits and memorial items<\/a>, or call toll free at 800-827-1000. To plan for you and your family, visit NCA\u2019s\u00a0pre-need eligibility<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a>. Its Veterans is an independent publication and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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