Marines carry the body of Marine Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos of Yarmouthport at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware yesterday. He died of combat wounds in Helmand province, Afghanistan
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Cape Cod Veterans Killed-In-Action in the War on Terror
Navy Captain Gerald F. Deconto, was killed during the terrorist attack on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001.
Sgt. Mark Vecchione-7/18/06-1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division
SGT ALEXANDER HENRY FULLER -1/25/07-Troop B, 3rd Suqardon 61st Calvary
SSG Alicia Finklea Birchett-8/9/07-887th Engineer Co., 326th Engineer Bn., 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Div.,
8Army Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier 9/29/07 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Charlie Troop, 82nd Airborne Firebase Wilderness, Afghanistan.
PFC DANIEL MCGUIRE-8/14/08-3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Fallujah Iraq.
PFC PAUL E. CONLON-8/15/08-assigned to the 1st Battalion
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Marine Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos of Yarmouthport 6/23/09 Helmand province, Afghanistan
A fund will be established in Nicholas George Xiarhos' name by the Yarmouth Police Relief Association (YPRA). Donations may be sent to the Yarmouth Police Department, Attention: YPRA, One Brad Erickson Way, West Yarmouth, MA 02673. Donations should be labeled: Nicholas George Xiarhos Scholarship Fund.
Capt. Eric A. Jones. USMC, Mashpee, Oct. 26 in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
CAPE COD VETERANS ORGANIZATION IS PROUD TO WELCOME SENATOR SCOTT P. BROWN ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATOR
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American Veterans Department of Massachusetts web page that links you to just about every needed service for Veterans.
REQUEST A REPLACEMENT MEDAL SET( FREE ), DD214, OR MEDICAL RECORDS, ETC.
News-Ma. Welcome Home Bonus for Iraq and Afghan Vets $1000 for six months deployment, $500 for stateside or non-hostile area all other era Vets can still apply for their bonus which depends on era of service. See Ma. State Veterans web site for info. Aug 14th 2006 Gov. Romney expands tax benefits for Vets and active duty personnel. Property tax exemptions raised for disabled vets to between $400-$1,500, $2,000 Annuity for 100% disabled vets, Gold Star Parents, and un-remarried spouses. State retirement improvments, Servicemens Group Life Ins., National Guard Tuition and Fee Waiver, Purple Heart recepients get plate and registration at no cost, certain disabled vets get exemptions from RMV also certain vets now get sales tax exemptions. More to follow......
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Get involved with a vets organization if you cannot donate time ask what you can do. www.capecodamvetspost333.com
$7 Per Month Prescription Drug Program
Prescription Hope is offering this new prescription assistance service to those who qualify. Please visit us on line at http://www.prescriptionhope.com Eligible applicants cannot be covered by Medicaid, cannot have prescription coverage, or earn more than $20,800 for individuals or $31,000 for couples annually.To apply for you, a friend, or family member please call toll-free: 1-877-296-HOPE (4673)
Visit-The Fisher House web site, they have built housing for families of wounded vets and pay for their airfare. You can help by donating your unused miles or points to this truly wonderful organization. http://www.fisherhouse.org/
Visit-Homes For Our Troops, John S. Gonsalves founded this extraordinary organization to build speciality adapted homes for our most severly wounded troops at no cost. http://www.homesforourtroops.org/
Veterans Aid and Attendance Special Pension-This little known and seldom used benefit allows up to $1670 per month for veterans', $945 for surviving spouses, or combined $1743 per couple whom require home care, nursing home or assisted living. Visit the www.veteranaid.org site and get assistance you or your parents deserve. Veterans having difficulty paying Ma. property tax visit you town assessor and ask to have your property tax defered. Remember all %'s of disabled Vets get property tax relief. www.state.ma.us/veterans Get Rated put in a claim. If you know a vet in need of help refer them to us we will contact them and attempt to assist them Morning reports and unit rosters are created by military organizations as part of their personnel and payroll functions. These records are used by the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) to verify events or assignments which may not be documented in an individual's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). This is especially important when trying to reconstruct service information when the OMPF has been damaged or destroyed in the 1973 fire. A brief explanation of both types of records and the date span of our collections is listed below. MORNING REPORTS are created each morning, as the name implies. They are an "exception based" system, only containing information on those individuals who are not "Present and Accounted for". Among the reasons for being listed on a morning report are: In order to verify that a particular action occurred, we must be provided with the exact unit of assignment ("Company A, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment"), a description of the action ("I was wounded and sent to a hospital") and an approximate date ("June, 1944"). Without this type of information, we may be unable to perform a search.
Morning Reports and Unit Rosters -Visit for more info
Requests must be in writing and sent to the following address:
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
You may use a Standard Form 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records, or, write a letter to the center.
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