Iowa Veterans Affairs Sees Number of Living WWII Veterans Continuing to Drop

Iowa Veterans Affairs sees number of living WWII veterans continuing to drop

State Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery Bureau Chief Gavin Sandvig says they don’t see many funerals now for World War Two veterans at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter. He says there are indications at other facilities that the number of living World War Two veterans continues to drop. “The Iowa Veterans Home in […]

Number of World War Two vets in Iowa continues to drop

State Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery Bureau Chief Gavin Sandvig says they don’t see many funerals now for World War Two veterans at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter. He says there are indications at other facilities that there are not many of World War Two veterans still living here. Sandvig says there are […]

State Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery Bureau Chief Gavin Sandvig says they don't see many funerals now for World War Two veterans at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter

State Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery Bureau Chief Gavin Sandvig says they don't see many funerals now for World War Two veterans at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter. But there are more still more living veterans here than he expected. "According to the V-A regional office in Des Moines, we still have over 120 World War Two veterans still residing in Iowa," he says. Sandvig says the number of burials for veterans of the Korean w…