NCA expands VLM: Adds 27 Military Cemeteries
VLM will grow to include nearly 300,000 more Veterans and servicemembers run by the Army, Navy and Air Force to include Arlington National Cemetery and the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.
Use the new basic search to find your Veteran with simpler drop-down choices including the Year of Death and State/Territory location of interment.
Memorial Day History
“That Nation which respects and honors its dead, shall ever be respected and honored itself.”
– Brevet Lieut.-Col. Edmund B. Whitman, 1868 (late Capt. and AQM Vols.)
Memorial Day, a federal holiday held the last Monday in May, is the nation's foremost annual day to mourn and honor its deceased service men and women. Originally called Decoration Day, it was formalized by a "Memorial Day Order" issued by Grand Army of the Republic Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan in 1868.

Decoration Day postcard. (NCA History Collection)
In The News
May 2023:
VA adds 300,000 Veterans and service members from 27 military cemeteries to Veterans Legacy Memorial
May 22, 2023
VA invites Veterans, public to attend Memorial Day ceremonies at 130+ VA national cemeteries
May 17, 2023
April 2023:
VA to support cross-country march honoring Veterans, service members during 'Memorial May'
April 24, 2023
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