Gloucester County Offers Help To Veterans In Need

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJ — Gloucester County officials are reminding veterans about the services the county offers for veterans who are in need of assistance as it honors the 3,000 veterans who are interred at the Gloucester County Veterans Cemetery.

The cemetery played host to Gloucester County’s Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday.

“Each year we witness volunteers placing flags on the grave sites of each veteran at the cemetery. It is a small but powerful way to honor those who have served,” Gloucester County Commissioner Dan Christy, liaison to the Office of Veteran’s Affairs, said.

The Office of Veteran’s Affairs offers a range of services to Gloucester County veterans, including:

• Agent Orange
• Appeals of Claims
• Burial Benefits
• Claims (Forms)
• Compensation (Disabled Veterans)
• Correction of Records (Military)
• Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (Death)
• Disability Compensation
• Educational Benefits
• Flags
• Gloucester County Military Service Medal
• Gloucester County Veterans Memorial Cemetery
• Headstones
• Hospitalization
• Insurance
• Loans (Home and Educational)
• Nursing Home Care
• Pension (Widow, widower and Veteran)
• Physical Examinations
• Presidential Memorial Certificate
• Prisoners of War
• Small Business Administration
• Soldier's and Sailor's Civil Relief Act
• State Benefits
• Tax Exemptions
• Transportation to Veterans Hospitals
• VA Healthcare
• Veteran's Preference (State and Federal)
• Veteran's Re-employment Rights
• Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment

The office, located at 211 County House Road in Sewell, and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information about these services, call 856-401-7660 or visit www.gloucestercountynj.gov/267/Veterans-Affairs.

“Each year we gather to pay our respects to the men and women who have bravely served our country. It is thanks to them that we have our freedom, and we are eternally grateful to their bravery,” Gloucester County Director Robert M. Damminger said during Monday’s ceremony.

“Memorial Day honors those who died in uniform, those who gave all they have and all they ever will have. This day means so much to those families that grieve over this tremendous loss, and we hope they know they are not alone in that loss,” State Senate President Steve Sweeney said.