[United States Government Manual] [July 01, 1995] [Pages 481-499] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov][[Page 481]] DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420 Phone, 202-273-4900 SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Jesse Brown Executive Assistant to the Roy Spicer Secretary Special Assistant to the Patricia Carrington Secretary Deputy Secretary Hershel Gober Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Dewey Spencer Chief of Staff Harold F. Gracey, Jr. Veterans' Service Organization Liaison Philip Riggin White House Liaison Heyward Bannister Executive Secretary Linda Kaufman Inspector General Stephen A. Trodden Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals Guy H. McMichael III Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Scott F. Denniston Business Utilization General Counsel Mary Lou Keener Special Assistant to the General Counsel Neil Richman Deputy General Counsel Robert E. Coy Assistant General Counsels John H. Thompson, Neal C. Lawson, William E. Thomas, Jr., Howard C. Lem, Norman G. Cooper Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals Charles L. Cragin Executive Assistant to the Marjorie A. Auer Chairman Director, Management and Ronald R. Aument Administration Chief Counsel Steven L. Keller Counsel to the Chairman, Richard C. Thrasher, Litigation Support Acting Counsel to the Chairman, Legal Thomas D. Roberts, Affairs Acting Vice Chairman Roger K. Bauer Deputy Vice Chairman Richard B. Standefer Director, Administrative Service Nancy D. Stackhouse Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D. Administration Chief of Staff Michael Hughes Director, Executive Pamela Galyean Correspondence Medical Inspector Charles Koerber, Acting Staff Director (vacancy) Deputy Under Secretary for Health Thomas Garthwaite, M.D. Executive Assistant (vacancy) Associate Chief Medical Director for Operations Jule Morevac Regional Director (Region 1-- Barbara Gallagher Eastern) Regional Director (Region 2-- David Whatley Central) Director, Field Support Alan T. Maurer Regional Director (Region 3-- John Higgins, M.D. Southern) Regional Director (Region 4-- Sheila Cullen, Acting Western) [[Page 482]] Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director for David H. Law, M.D., Clinical Programs Acting Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Gabriel Manasse, M.D., Medical Director for Acting Hospital-Based Services Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Robert Gebhart, M.D. Medical Director for Ambulatory Care Assistant Chief Medical Director, Chester P. Paczkowski, Dentistry D.D.S. Assistant Chief Medical Director Thomas T. Yoshikawa, for Geriatrics and Extended M.D. Care Director, Readjustment Counseling Alfonso A. Batres, M.D. Service Assistant Chief Medical Director Susan H. Mather, M.D. for Environmental Medicine and Public Health Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Conner Higgins, M.D., Medical Director for Acting Rehabilitation and Prosthetics Assistant Chief Medical Director Nancy Valentine for Nursing Programs Associate Chief Medical Director for Research Raymond Sphar, M.D., and Development Acting Director, Medical Research Martin Albert, M.D. Service Director, Health Services Daniel Deykin, M.D. Research and Development Service Associate Chief Medical Director for Academic Elizabeth M. Short, Affairs M.D. Director, Affiliated Residency Victor S. Wahby, M.D., Programs Acting Director, Learning Resources Diane Wiesenthal, Service Acting Director, Associated Health Charlotte Beason Professions Education Programs Service Director, Administrative Evert H. Melander, Operations Staff Acting Director, Continuing Education (vacancy) Service Associate Chief Medical Director Galen Barbour, M.D. for Quality Management Director, Quality Management Jay Halpern Systems Office Director, Quality Management Scott Beck Planning and Evaluation Director, Risk Management Debby Walder Associate Chief Medical Director Lydia B. Mavridis for Administration Director, Administrative (vacancy) Services Director, Medical Information Robert Koloder, M.D. Resources Management Office Director, Management Support Thomas J. Hogan Office Director, Health Care Staff Hubert B. Palmer Development and Retention Office Director, Medical Care Cost Walter Besecker Recovery Office Director, Medical Sharing Arthur S. Hamerschlag Office Chief Financial Officer Todd Grams Director, Medical Programs C.R. Wichlacz Budget Office Director, Strategic Planning James M. Gregg and Policy Office Director, Management Review and Maureen S. Baltay Evaluation Office [[Page 483]] Director, Construction Project Linda Kurz Coordination and Budget Office Director, Construction Policy, Bruce Plecinski Criteria and Facility Development Plan Office Associate Chief Medical Director C.V. Yarbrough for Construction Management Deputy Associate Chief Robert L. Neary, Jr. Director, Program and Financial Pamela P. Dix Management Office Director, Information Michael J. Williams Management Office Director, Real Property Lawrence J. Hill Management Office Director, Eastern Area Project Harold M. Goode Office Director, Western Area Project James W. Lawson Office Director, Facilities Quality Lloyd H. Siegel Office Director, Consulting Support John P. Hornak Office Director, Asset and Enterprise Anatolij Kushnir Development Office Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits R.J. Vogel Administration Deputy Under Secretary for Raymond H. Avent Benefits Chief Information Officer William Stinger Director, Office of Executive Patricia Grysavage Management and Communications Director, Office of Human Ventris Gibson Resources Director, Debt Management Staff Daniel D. Osendorf Director, Office of Information George Vaveris Technology Director, Eastern Area David A. Brigham Director, Central Area Stephen L. Lemons Director, Southern Area Leo C. Wurschmidt Director, Western Area Jack McReynolds Director, Compensation and J. Gary Hickman Pension Service Director, Education Service Celia Dollarhide Director, Office of Resource Robert Gardner Management Director, Loan Guaranty Service Keith Pedigo Director, Veterans Assistance Newell Quinton Service Director, Vocational Larry Woodard Rehabilitation Service Director, Insurance Service Thomas Lastowka Director, National Cemetery System Jerry W. Bowen Special Assistant Dina C. Wood Director, Office of Field Roger R. Rapp Operations Director, Field Programs Fred L. Watson Service Director, Technical Support Robert B. Holbrook Service Director, State Cemetery Grants Harold F. Graber Service Director, Office of Operations Vincent L. Barile Support Director, Administration Service (vacancy) Director, Budget and Planning Dorothy M. Mackay Service Director, Executive Alexander Havas Communications and Public Affairs Service Director, Information Systems Mark P. Durocher Service Director, Office of Memorial Donnell S. Mohr Programs Director, Claims Evaluation Christine Farrell Service Director, Acquisitions Service Joseph C. Kepple Directors, National Cemetery System Area Offices: Philadelphia, PA Patrick J. Gartland [[Page 484]] Atlanta, GA Robert Wilk Denver, CO Thomas G. Balsanek Assistant Secretary for Management D. Mark Catlett Deputy to the Assistant Secretary Stanley R. Sinclair Deputy Assistant Secretary for Shirley C. Carozza Budget Deputy Assistant Secretary for Frank W. Sullivan Financial Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nada D. Harris Information Resources Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Gary J. Krump Acquisition and Materiel Management Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning Dennis Duffy Executive Assistant Nancy Tackett Deputy Assistant Secretary for Edward Chow, Jr. Policy Associate Deputy Assistant Irwin Pernick Secretary for Policy Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nora E. Egan Planning Director, National Center for H. David Burge Veterans Analysis and Statistics Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Eugene A. Brickhouse Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary for Ronald E. Cowles Human Resources Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Gerald K. Hinch Equal Opportunity Deputy Assistant Secretary for Robert W. Schultz Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary for John H. Baffa Security and Law Enforcement Assistant Secretary for Public and Kathy Elena Jurado Intergovernmental Affairs Executive Assistant Marti McAlister Gallo Deputy Assistant Secretary for James H. Holley Public Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Dale L. Renaud Intergovernmental Affairs Director, Veterans Canteen James B. Donahoe Service Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs Edward P. Scott Deputy Assistant Secretary for (vacancy) Congressional Liaison Deputy Assistant Secretary for (vacancy) Legislative Affairs ________________________________________________________________________ The Department of Veterans Affairs operates programs to benefit veterans and members of their families. Benefits include compensation payments for disabilities or death related to military service; pensions; education and rehabilitation; home loan guaranty; burial; and a medical care program incorporating nursing homes, clinics, and medical centers. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established as an executive department by the Department of Veterans Affairs Act (38 U.S.C. 201 note). The Department's predecessor, the Veterans Administration, had been established as an independent agency under the President by Executive Order 5398 of July 21, 1930, in accordance with the act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1016). This act authorized the President to consolidate and coordinate the U.S. Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions, and the National Home for Volunteer Soldiers. [[Page 485]] [[Page 486]] The Department of Veterans Affairs comprises three organizations that administer veterans programs: the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery System. Each organization has field facilities and a Central Office component. The Central Office also includes separate offices that provide support to the top organizations' operations as well as to top VA executives. Top Central Office managers, including the Inspector General and General Counsel, report to the highest level of Department management, which consists of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Secretary. Assistant Secretaries Five Assistant Secretaries provide policy guidance, operational support, and managerial oversight to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary, the administrations, and other top offices. They include the Assistant Secretaries of Finance and Information Resources Management, Policy and Planning, Human Resources and Administration, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Congressional Affairs. Other central management offices are detailed as follows. Board of Veterans' Appeals The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) is responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for entering the final appellate decisions in claims of entitlement to veterans' benefits. The Board is also responsible for deciding matters concerning fees charged by attorneys and agents for representation of veterans before VA. The mission of the Board, set forth in title 38 of the United States Code, sections 7101-7109, is to conduct hearings, consider and dispose of appeals properly before the Board in a timely manner, and issue quality decisions in compliance with the law. The Board is headed by a Chairman, who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and who is directly responsible to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Members of the Board are appointed by the Secretary with the approval of the President and are under the administrative control and supervision of the Chairman. Each BVA decision is signed by a Board member acting as an agent of the Secretary. Final BVA decisions are appealable to the United States Court of Veterans Appeals. Board of Contract Appeals The Board of Contract Appeals was established on March 1, 1979, pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601-613). The Board is a statutory, quasi-judicial tribunal that hears and decides appeals from decisions of Contracting Officers on claims relating to contracts awarded by VA, or by any other agency when such agency or the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy has designated the Board to decide the appeal. In August 1985, the Board's jurisdiction was expanded to include applications for attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 504 note). Board decisions are final within VA, but may be appealed, either by the Government or by the contractor, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Board also acts as a trier of disputed material facts in debarment/suspension proceedings. Additionally, the Chairman of the Board is the senior official within the Department to promote alternate dispute resolution pursuant to the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (5 U.S.C. 581 note). Finally, the Board is charged with resolving any disputes between drug manufacturers and the Secretary with regard to pharmaceutical pricing agreements provisions of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 101 note). Health Services The Veterans Health Administration, formerly the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration, provides hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, and outpatient medical and dental care to eligible veterans of military service in the Armed Forces. It operates 171 medical centers, 35 domiciliaries, 340 outpatient clinics, 127 nursing home care units, and 196 Vietnam Veteran [[Page 487]] Outreach Centers in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Republic of the Philippines, and provides for similar care under VA auspices in non-VA hospitals and community nursing homes and for visits by veterans to non-VA physicians and dentists for outpatient treatment. It also supports veterans under care in hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliaries operated by 35 States. Under the Civilian Health and Medical Program, dependents of certain veterans are provided with medical care supplied by non-VA institutions and physicians. The Administration conducts both individual medical and health-care delivery research projects and multihospital research programs. It assists in the education of physicians and dentists, and with training of many other health care professionals through affiliations with educational institutions and organizations. These programs are all conducted as prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to sections 4101-4115 of title 38 of the United States Code and other statutory authority and regulations. Veterans Benefits The Veterans Benefits Administration, formerly the Department of Veterans Benefits, conducts an integrated program of veterans benefits. Compensation and Pension The Compensation and Pension Service has responsibility for: --claims for disability compensation and pension; --automobile allowances and special adaptive equipment; --claims for specially adapted housing; --special clothing allowances; --emergency officers' retirement pay; --eligibility determinations based on military service for other VA benefits and services or those of other Government agencies; --survivors' claims for death compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, death pension, burial and plot allowance claims; --claims for accrued benefits; --forfeiture determinations; --claims for adjusted compensation in death cases; and --claims for reimbursement for headstone or marker. Education The Education Service has responsibility for: the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty and Selected Reserve (chapters 30 and 106); the Post Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (chapter 32); the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (chapter 35); the Section 901 Test Program; and school approvals and compliance surveys. Vocational Rehabilitation The Vocational Rehabilitation Service has responsibility for: outreach, motivation, evaluation, counseling, training, employment, and other rehabilitation services to disabled veterans (chapters 31 and 15); evaluation, counseling, and miscellaneous services to veterans and servicepersons (chapter 30) and other VA education programs; evaluation, counseling, education, and miscellaneous services to sons, daughters, and spouses of totally and permanently disabled veterans and to surviving orphans, widows, or widowers of certain deceased veterans, including rehabilitation services to certain handicapped dependents (chapter 35); and affirmative action activities. Loan Guaranty Loan guaranty operations include: appraising properties to establish their values; supervising the construction of new residential properties; establishing the eligibility of veterans for the program; passing on the ability of a veteran to repay a loan and the credit risk; servicing and liquidating defaulted loans; and disposing of real estate acquired as the consequence of defaulted loans. Insurance Life insurance operations are for the benefit of service members, veterans, and their beneficiaries. The day-to-day processing of all matters related to individual insurance accounts is handled by the Regional Office and Insurance Centers in Philadelphia, PA, and St. Paul, MN. These two centers provide the full range of functional activities necessary for a national life [[Page 488]] insurance program. Activities include the complete maintenance of individual accounts, underwriting functions, and life and death insurance claims awards, as well as any other insurance-related transactions. The agency is also responsible for the administration of the Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance program for those disabled veterans who receive a VA grant for specially adapted housing. Accounts are maintained at the Regional Office and Insurance Center in St. Paul, MN. In addition, the agency is responsible for supervising the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI) programs. Both programs are handled through the Office of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance, 231 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Veterans Assistance Through the Veterans Assistance Service, information, advice, and assistance are provided to veterans, their dependents and beneficiaries, representatives, and others in applying for benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition, the Veterans Assistance Service cooperates with the Department of Labor and other Federal, State, and local agencies in developing employment opportunities for veterans, and referral for assistance in resolving socioeconomic, housing, and other related problems. The Service is responsible for maintaining a benefits protection program (fiduciary activities) for minors and incompetent adult beneficiaries. It also provides field investigative services for other VA components. It ensures compliance by schools and training institutions with VA directives. It also ensures compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d); title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681); section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6101). The programs of the Service are provided through VA regional offices, VA medical centers, itinerant visits to communities, and a special toll-free telephone service available in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The Veterans Assistance Service also has the responsibility of providing information regarding veterans benefits to the various branches of the Armed Forces here and abroad and to veterans residing in foreign countries through United States embassies and consular offices, and of coordinating veterans' activities with foreign governments. National Cemetery System The National Cemetery System (NCS) provides services to veterans, reservists, and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service and their families by operating national cemeteries; furnishing headstones and markers for the graves of U.S. veterans, reservists, and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service worldwide; awarding grants to aid States in developing, improving, and expanding veterans cemeteries; and serving as the operations element for the Presidential Memorial Certificate Program. The mission of the National Cemetery System is: --to provide, upon request, the interment of eligible servicemembers, veterans, reservists, National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service, their spouses, and certain children in VA national cemeteries and to maintain their graves; --to mark, upon application, the graves of eligible veterans, reservists, and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service worldwide who are buried in national, State, or private cemeteries; --to administer the State Cemetery Grants Program, which provides financial assistance to States for establishing, improving, and expanding State veterans cemeteries; and --to provide Presidential Memorial Certificates to the loved ones of honorably discharged, deceased servicemembers or veterans. The National Cemetery area offices, located in Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; and Denver, CO; provide direct support [[Page 489]] to the 114 national cemeteries located throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Field Facilities Insurance Centers Two field sites house all individual insurance records covering service members and veterans under the Government- administered programs: WW I United States Government Life Insurance; WW II National Service Life Insurance; Post-Korean Conflict; Veterans Reopened Insurance for the disabled of WW II and Korea; and Service- Disabled Veterans Insurance, the only Government-administered program open for new issues to disabled veterans only. The two field locations are the VA Regional Office and Insurance Centers in Philadelphia, PA, and St. Paul, MN. All World War I insurance accounts, accounts for which the premium is paid by allotment from military service pay, and those paid by deduction from VA compensation or preauthorized debit are located at Philadelphia. All remaining insurance accounts are geographically distributed between the two VA Centers--with the Mississippi River serving as the approximate line of division. The Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Center is also responsible for formulating policy for the veterans insurance programs. The insurance functions performed by the two field stations include the total range of insurance operations to provide individual policy, underwriting, and life and death insurance claims service for service members, veterans, and their beneficiaries. Regional Office Department of Veterans Affairs regional offices: --grant benefits and services provided by law for veterans, their dependents, and beneficiaries within an assigned territory; --furnish information regarding VA benefits and services; --adjudicate claims and makes awards for disability compensation and pension; --supervise the payment of VA benefits to incompetent beneficiaries; --aid, guide, and prescribe vocational rehabilitation training and administer educational benefits; --guarantee loans for purchase of manufactured homes and lots and condominium units, purchase or construction or alteration of homes and farm residences, and under certain conditions, guarantee refinancing loans; --process grants for specially adapted housing; --process death claims; --assist the veteran in exercising rights to benefits and services; and --supervise VA offices under their jurisdiction. The offices are also responsible for veterans assistance activities, including coordination of efforts of participating agencies in an ``outreach'' program to assist returning service members, particularly those who are educationally disadvantaged. Services to U.S. veterans in most foreign countries normally are provided by the VA Regional Office, District of Columbia. The Honolulu Regional Office serves the Islands of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Wake, and Midway and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. U.S. veterans in the Virgin Islands and Mexico are served by the San Juan and Houston offices, respectively. Service is provided in cooperation with embassy staffs of the Department of State. Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, District of Columbia The Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, District of Columbia, is a typical regional office with additional functions. It has global jurisdiction and grants benefits and services provided by law for veterans and their beneficiaries and dependents residing outside the territorial limits of the United States, and it adjudicates certain unusual claims and actions not common to all regional offices, such as WW I adjusted compensation death cases, forfeiture cases, and benefits under special enactments provided by the Congress. It also maintains liaison with the Treasury Department on types and methods of [[Page 490]] payments to recipients in foreign countries. VA Office The VA office provides veterans assistance and such other services as cannot be conveniently provided to veterans, their dependents and beneficiaries, and others in a given locality by a regional office or center. Medical Center Veterans Affairs Medical Centers provide eligible beneficiaries with medical and other health care services equivalent to those provided by private-sector institutions, augmented in many instances by services to meet the special requirements of veterans. One hundred and thirty-three VA medical facilities are affiliated with 104 medical facilities for residency training; 72 VA medical facilities are affiliated with 59 dental schools; and all centers cooperate with one or more educational institutions in programs of nursing, associated health professions and occupations, and administrative training and related research, both in individual projects and in association with other VA medical centers in broad cooperative studies. There are 106 nursing home care units associated with VA medical centers to provide skilled nursing care and related medical services to patients who are no longer in need of hospital care. VA Regional Office and Insurance Center Veterans Affairs Regional Office and Insurance Centers combine a regional office and an insurance center under the jurisdiction of one director. VA Medical and Regional Office Center Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Centers combine a regional office and a medical center or a regional office, medical center, and domiciliary under the jurisdiction of one director. Domiciliary Veterans Affairs Domiciliaries provide the least intensive level of inpatient medical care. This includes necessary ambulatory medical treatment, rehabilitation, and support services in a structured environment to veterans who are unable because of their disabilities to provide adequately for themselves in the community. Outpatient Clinic Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinics provide eligible beneficiaries with ambulatory care. VA National Cemetery Veterans Affairs national cemeteries are the final resting places for burial of the remains of veterans, reservists, and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service, their spouses, and certain eligible dependents. Memorial markers for veterans, reservists, and National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service, whose remains are not available for burial, may also be placed in a national cemetery. These cemeteries are designated as national shrines created in tribute to the sacrifices of all Americans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. National Facilities--Department of Veterans Affairs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type of Address facility Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Facilities Under the Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery System--Centers, Domiciliaries, Medical Centers, Medical and Regional Office Centers, Outpatient Clinics, Insurance Centers, Regional Offices, Supply Activities, and National Cemeteries ALABAMA: Birmingham, 35233 (700 S. Medical Center. William Mountcastle 19th St.). Mobile, 36604 (1202 National Sandra Beckley Virginia St.) (Mail: Cemetery. Barrancas National Cemetery, FL). Montgomery, 36109-3798 (215 Medical Center. John R. Rowan Perry Hill Rd.). Montgomery, 36109 (345 Regional Office Sam Maraman Perry Hill Rd.). Seale, 36875 (553 Hwy. 165) National William Trower (Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. Cemetery). Tuscaloosa, 35404.......... Medical Center. Kenneth W. Ruyle Tuskegee, 36083............ Medical Center. Jimmie L. Clay ALASKA: Anchorage, 99508 (2925 Outpatient Al Poteet Debarr Rd.). Clinic and Regional Office. Fort Richardson, 99505 National James L. Fitzgerald (P.O. Box 5-498). Cemetery. Sitka, 99835 (803 Sawmill ......do....... James L. Fitzgerald Creek Rd.) (Mail: Fort Richardson National Cemetery, AK). ARIZONA: Phoenix, 85012 (7th St. and Medical Center. John Fears Indian School Rd.). Phoenix, 85012 (3225 N. Regional Office David W. Walls Central Ave.). [[Page 491]] Phoenix, 85024 (23029 N. National Arthur D. Smith Cave Creek Rd.) (National Cemetery. Memorial Cemetery of Arizona). Prescott, 86313............ Medical Center Patricia McClem (medical and domiciliary). Prescott, 86313 (VA Medical National Arthur D. Smith Center) (Mail: National Cemetery. Memorial Cemetery of Arizona). Tucson, 85723.............. Medical Center. Jonathan Gartner ARKANSAS: Fayetteville, 72703........ Medical Center. Richard F. Robinson Fayetteville, 72701 (700 National Lawrence E. Bibbs Government Ave.). Cemetery. Fort Smith, 72901 (522 ......do....... Karen Browne Garland Ave.). Little Rock, 72206 (2523 ......do....... Mary Ann Fisher Confederate Blvd.). Little Rock, 72205 (300 Medical Center. George Gray Roosevelt Rd.) (John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital). Little Rock Division North Little Rock Division (Mail: Little Rock) North Little Rock, 72115, Regional Office Samuel L. Holmes (P.O. Box 1280, Bldg. 65, Fort Root). CALIFORNIA: Benicia, 94523 (150 Muir Medical Center. Sheila Collen Rd.). Fresno, 93703 (2615 Clinton ......do....... James DeNiro Ave.). Gustine, 95322 (32053 W. National Dennis Kuehl McCabe Rd.) (San Joaquin Cemetery. Valley National Cemetery). Livermore, 94550........... Medical Center. James Groff Loma Linda, 92357 (11201 ......do....... Dean R. Stordahl Benton St.) (Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital). Long Beach, 90822 (5901 E. Medical Center. Jerry Boyd 7th St.). Los Angeles, 90013 (425 S. Outpatient Lee Nackman Hill St.). Clinic. Los Angeles, 90024 (11000 Regional Office Stewart F. Liff Wilshire Blvd.). Los Angeles, 90049 (950 S. National Gertrude Devenney Sepulveda Blvd.). Cemetery. Oakland, 94612-5209 Regional Office Donald E. Stout (Oakland Federal Bldg., 1301 Clay St.). Palo Alto, 94304 (3801 Medical Center. James Groff Miranda Ave.). Menlo Park Division Palo Alto Division Riverside, 92508 (22495 Van National Steve Jorgensen Buren Blvd.). Cemetery. San Bruno, 94066 (1300 ......do....... Cynthia Nunez Sneath Lane) (Golden Gate National Cemetery). San Diego, 92161 (3350 La Medical Center. Leonard C. Rogers Jolla Village Dr.). San Diego, 92108 (2022 Regional Office Patrick Nappi Camino Del Rio N.). San Diego, 92166 (Point National Helen B. Szumylo Loma, P.O. Box 6237) (Fort Cemetery. Rosecrans National Cemetery). San Francisco, 94121 (4150 Medical Center. Lawrence C. Stewart Clement St.). San Francisco, 94129 (P.O. National Cynthia Nunez Box 29012, Presidio of San Cemetery. Francisco) (Mail: Golden Gate National Cemetery, CA). Sepulveda, 91343........... Medical Center. Perey C. Norman West Los Angeles, 90073.... ......do Kenneth J. Clark (medical and domiciliary). COLORADO: Denver, 80225 (P.O. Box Regional Office (Vacancy) 25126, 44 Union Blvd.). Denver, 80220 (1055 Medical Center. Thomas A. Trujillo Clermont St.). Denver, 80225 (Denver Prosthetics Robert A. Shields Federal Center). Distribution Center. Denver, 80235 (3698 S. National Robert McCollum Sheridan Blvd.) (Fort Cemetery. Logan National Cemetery). Fort Lyon, 81038........... Denver Robert E. Lee, D.P.M. Distribution Center. Fort Lyon, 81838 (VA National Robert McCollum Medical Center) (Mail: Cemetery. Fort Logan National Cemetery, CO). Fort Lyon, 81038........... Medical Center. David W. Smith Grand Junction, 81501...... Prosthetics (Vacancy) Distribution Center. Grand Junction, 81501...... Medical Center. Robert R. Rhyne, D.D.S. CONNECTICUT: Hartford, 06103 (450 Main Regional Office Catherine Smith St.). Newington, 06111 (555 Medical Center. Vincent Ngr Willard Ave.). West Haven, 06516 (W. ......do....... (Vacancy) Spring St.). DELAWARE: Wilmington, 19805 (1601 Medical and Dexter Dix Kirkwood Hwy.). Regional Office Center. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Washington, 20422 (50 Medical Center. Sanford M. Garfunkel Irving St. NW.). Washington, 20421 (1120 Regional Office C. Faye Norred Vermont Ave. NW.). FLORIDA: Bay Pines, 33504 (1000 Bay Medical Center Thomas Weaver Pines Blvd. N.). (medical and domiciliary). Bay Pines, 33504-0477 (P.O. National Ronald R. Pemberton Box 477). Cemetery. Bushnell, 33513 (Florida ......do....... Ronald R. Pemberton National Cemetery) (Mail: Florida National Cemetery, FL). [[Page 492]] Gainesville, 32608-1197 Medical Center. J. Malcom Randall (1601 SW. Archer Rd.). Lake City, 32055-5898 (801 Medical Center. Alline Norman S. Marion St.). Miami, 33125 (1201 NW. 16th ......do....... Thomas C. Doherty St.). Pensacola, 32508-1099 National Sandra Beckley (Naval Air Station) Cemetery. (Barrancas National Cemetery). St. Augustine, 32084 (104 ......do....... Ronald R. Pemberton Marine St.) (Mail: Florida National Cemetery, FL). St. Petersburg, 33731 (P.O. Regional Office Carlos Rainwater Box 1437). Tampa, 33612 (13000 Bruce Medical Center. Richard A. Silver B. Downs Blvd.) (James A. Haley Veterans Hospital). GEORGIA: Atlanta, 30365 (730 Regional Office R. Stedman Sloan, Acting Peachtree St. NE.). Augusta, 30904-6285 (2460 Medical Center. Thomas L. Ayres Wrightsboro Rd. (10)). Forest Hills Division Lenwood Division Decatur, 30033 (1670 ......do....... Larry Deal Clairmont Rd.). Dublin, 31021.............. Medical Center William O. Edgar (medical and domiciliary). Marietta, 30060 (500 National George Vaughn Washington Ave.). Cemetery. HAWAII: Honolulu, 96850 (P.O. Box Medical and Barry Raff 50188). Regional Office Center. Honolulu, 96813-1729 (2177 National Gene E. Castagnetti Puowaina Dr.) (National Cemetery. Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific). IDAHO: Boise, 83702 (805 W. Regional Office (Vacancy) Franklin St.). Boise, 83702-4598 (5th and Medical Center. Wayne Tippets Fort Sts.). ILLINOIS: Alton, 62003 (600 Pearl National Ralph E. Church St.) (Mail: Jefferson Cemetery. Barracks National Cemetery, MO). Chicago, 60611 (333 E. Medical Center. Joseph L. Moore Huron St.). Chicago, 60612 (820 S. ......do....... John Denardo Damen Ave.). Chicago, 60680 (P.O. Box Regional Office Montgomery D. Watson 8136). Danville, 61832............ Medical Center. James S. Jones Danville, 61832 (1900 E. National Richard J. Pless Main St.). Cemetery. Hines, 60666-0303 (Lock Box Finance Center. James Burkett 66303, AMF O'Hare, IL). Hines, 60141 (Edward Hines, Medical Center. Joan E. Cummings, M.D. Jr. Hospital). Hines, 60141 (P.O. Box 76). VA National Nancy L. Darn Acquisition Center. Hines, 60141 (P.O. Box 27). Service and David Garcia Distribution Center. Marion, 62959 (2401 W. Main Medical Center. Linda Kurz St.). Mound City, 62963 (P.O. Box National Ralph E. Church 38, Highway 37) (Mail: Cemetery. Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, MO). North Chicago, 60064....... Medical Center. Alfred S. Pete Quincy, 63201 (36th and National Mary Dill Maine Sts.) (Mail: Keokuk Cemetery. National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL). Rock Island, 61299 (P.O. ......do....... Mary Dill Box 737, Rock Island Arsenal). Springfield, 62707 (5063 National Kurt Rotar Camp Butler Rd., R #1) Cemetery. (Camp Butler National Cemetery). INDIANA: Fort Wayne, 46805 (1600 Medical Center. Jonathan D. Hawk Randalia Dr.). Indianapolis, 46202 (1481 ......do....... Alice Wood W. 10th St.). Cold Spring Road Division Tenth Street Division (Mail: 1481 W. 10th St., Indianapolis) Indianapolis, 46204 (575 N. Regional Office Dennis R. Wyant Pennsylvania St.). Indianapolis, 46208 (700 W. National Bobby A. Moton 38th St.) (Crown Hill Cemetery. National Cemetery) (Mail: Marion National Cemetery, IN). Marion, 46952-4589......... Medical Center. Jon E. Crisman Marion, 46952 (1700 E. 38th National Bobby A. Moton St.). Cemetery. New Albany, 47150 (1943 ......do....... Gary D. Peak Elkin Ave.) (Mail: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, KY). IOWA: Des Moines, 50309 (210 Regional Office Norman W. Bauer Walnut St.). Des Moines, 50310-5774 Medical Center. Ellen DeGeorge-Smith (30th and Euclid Ave.). Iowa City, 52246-5774 ......do....... Gary L. Wilkinson (Highway 6 W.). Keokuk, 52632 (1701 J St.) National Mary Dill (Mail: Rock Island Cemetery. National Cemetery, IL). Knoxville, 50138........... Medical Center. Donald D. Ziska KANSAS: Fort Leavenworth, 66048 National Gerald T. Vitela (Mail: Leavenworth Cemetery. National Cemetery, KS). [[Page 493]] Fort Scott, 66701 (P.O. Box ......do....... Gerald T. Vitela 917). Leavenworth, 66048......... Medical Center Carole B. Smith (medical and domiciliary). Leavenworth, 66048 (P.O. National Gerald T. Vitela Box 1694). Cemetery. Topeka, 66622 (2200 Gage Medical Center. Edgar Tucker Blvd.). Wichita, 67218 (5500 E. ......do....... Jerry E. Mayhall Kellogg). Wichita, 67216 (5500 E. Regional Office Gary L. Campbell Kellogg). KENTUCKY: Danville, 40204 (277 N. 1st National Jeffrey Teas St.) (Mail: Camp Nelson Cemetery. National Cemetery, KY). Lebanon, 40033 (20 HWY. ......do....... Gary D. Peak 208E) (Mail: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, KY). Lexington, 40511........... Medical Center. Helen Cornish Cooper Drive Division Leestown Division Lexington, 40508 (833 W. National Jeffrey Teas Main St.) (Mail: Camp Cemetery. Nelson National Cemetery, KY). Louisville, 40202 (545 S. Regional Office Henry W. Gresham 3d St.). Louisville, 40202 (800 Zorn Medical Center. Larry J. Sander Ave.). Louisville, 40204 (701 National Gary D. Peak Baxter Ave.) (Cave Hill Cemetery. National Cemetery) (Mail: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, KY). Louisville, 40207 (4701 ......do....... Gary D. Peak Brownsboro Rd.) (Zachary Taylor National Cemetery). Nancy, 42544 (Mill Springs ......do....... Jeffrey Teas National Cemetery) (Mail: Camp Nelson National Cemetery, KY). Nicholasville, 40356 (6980 ......do....... Jeffrey Teas Danville Rd.) (Camp Nelson National Cemetery). LOUISIANA: Alexandria, 71301.......... Medical Center. Billy M. Valentine Baton Rouge, 70806 (220 N. National Virgil M. Wertenberger 19th St.) (Mail: Port Cemetery. Hudson National Cemetery, LA). New Orleans, 70146 (1601 Medical Center. John D. Church, Jr. Peridido St.). New Orleans, 70113 (701 Regional Office William D. Fillman Loyola Ave.). Pineville, 71360 (209 E. National Lavern Nunnally Shamrock Ave.) (Alexandria Cemetery. National Cemetery). Shreveport, 71130 (510 E. Medical Center. Michael Hamilton Stoner Ave.). Zachary, 70791 (20978 Port National Virgil M. Wertenberger Hickey Rd.) (Port Hudson Cemetery. National Cemetery). MAINE: Togus, 04330............... Medical and Jack Sims Regional Office Center. Togus, 04330 (VA Medical National David Wells and Regional Office Cemetery. Center) (Mail: Massachusetts National Cemetery, MA). MARYLAND: Annapolis, 21401 (800 West National Robin Pohlman St.) (Mail: Baltimore Cemetery. National Cemetery, MD). Baltimore, 21201 (31 Regional Office (Vacancy) Hopkins Plz.). Baltimore, 21218 (3900 Loch Medical Center. Dennis Smith Raven Blvd.). Baltimore, 21228 (5501 National Robin Pohlman Frederick Ave.). Cemetery. Baltimore, 21229 (3445 National Robin Pohlman Frederick Ave.) (Loudon Cemetery. Park National Cemetery) (Mail: Baltimore National Cemetery, MD). Fort Howard, 21052......... Medical Center. Charles Clark Perry Point, 21902......... ......do....... Allan Gross MASSACHUSETTS: Bedford, 01730 (200 Springs ......do....... Bill Conte Rd.) (Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital). Boston, 02130 (150 S. ......do....... Smith Jenkins, Jr. Huntington Ave.). Boston, 02203 (John F. Regional Office Michael D. Olson Kennedy Federal Bldg.). Boston, 02108 (17 Court Outpatient combined VA Boston St.). Clinic. Bourne, 02532 (Connery National David Wells Ave.) (Massachusetts Cemetery. National Cemetery). Northampton, 01060......... Medical Center. Gary Rossio West Roxbury, 02132 (1400 ......do....... Michael Lawson Veterans of Foreign Wars Pky.). MICHIGAN: Allen Park, 48101.......... Medical Center. (Vacancy) Ann Arbor, 48105 (2215 ......do....... Edward Gamache Fuller Rd.). Augusta, 49012 (15501 National Robert Poe Dickman Rd.) (Fort Custer Cemetery. National Cemetery). Battle Creek, 49106........ Medical Center. (Vacancy) Detroit, 48226 (477 Regional Office Robert J. Epley Michigan Ave.). Iron Mountain, 49801....... Medical Center. Glen Grippen Saginaw, 48602 (1500 Weiss ......do....... Robert Sabini St.). [[Page 494]] MINNESOTA: Minneapolis, 55417 (1 ......do....... Charles Milbrandt Veterans Dr.). Minneapolis, 55950-1199 National William D. Napton (7601 34th Ave., S.) (Fort Cemetery. Snelling National Cemetery). St. Cloud, 56301 (4801 8th Medical Center. Thomas A. Holthaus St. N.). St. Paul, 55111 (Bishop Regional Office Ronald J. Henke Henry Whipple Federal and Insurance Bldg., Fort Snelling). Center. Remittances: P.O. Box 1820. MISSISSIPPI: Biloxi, 39531.............. Medical Center George Rodman (medical and domiciliary). Biloxi Hospital and Domiciliary Division Gulfport Hospital Division (Mail: Biloxi, MS) Biloxi, 39535-4968 (P.O. National Jeffrey S. Barnes Box 4968). Cemetery. Corinth, 38834 (1551 Horton ......do....... Mark E. Maynard St.) (Mail: Memphis National Cemetery, TN). Jackson, 39216 (1500 E. Medical Center. Richard P. Miller Woodrow Wilson Ave.). Jackson, 39269 (100 W. Regional Office Mary F. Layland Capitol St.). Natchez, 39120 (41 Cemetery National John Bacon Rd.). Cemetery. MISSOURI: Columbia, 65201 (800 Medical Center. John T. Carson Hospital Dr.) (Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital). Jefferson City, 65101 (1024 National Ralph E. Church E. McCarthy) (Mail: Cemetery. Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, MO). Kansas City, 64128 (4801 Medical Center. Hugh Doran Linwood Blvd.). Poplar Bluff, 63901........ ......do....... A. Alexander, M.D. Springfield, 65804 (1702 E. National Dane Freeman Seminole St.). Cemetery. St. Louis, 63125........... Medical Center. Donald Ziegenhorn John J. Cochran Division Jefferson Barracks Division St. Louis, 63115 (P.O. Box Records George T. Burns, Acting 5020). Processing Center. St. Louis, 63103 (400 S. Regional Office Donald R. Ramsey 18th St.). St. Louis, 63125 (2100 National Ralph E. Church Sheridan Dr.) (Jefferson Cemetery. Barracks National Cemetery). MONTANA: Fort Harrison, 59636....... Medical and Joseph Underkofler Regional Office Center. Miles City, 59301.......... Medical Center. Richard Stanley NEBRASKA: Grand Island, 68801........ ......do....... Michael Murphy Lincoln, 68510 (600 S. 70th ......do....... David A. Asper St.). Lincoln, 68516 (5631 S. Regional Office David Barrett 48th St.). Maxwell, 69151 (HCO 1, Box National Shirley Milenski 67) (Fort McPherson Cemetery. National Cemetery). Omaha, 68105 (4101 Medical Center. John Phillips Woolworth Ave.). NEVADA: Las Vegas, 89015 (102 Lake Outpatient Raymond J. Reeves Mead Dr.). Clinic. Reno, 89520 (1000 Locust Medical Center. Gary Whitfield St.). Reno, 89520 (1201 Terminal Regional Office Eileen Straub Way). NEW HAMPSHIRE: Manchester, 03104 (718 Medical Center. (Vacancy) Smyth Rd.). Manchester, 03103 (275 Regional Office Edward Hubbard Chestnut St.). NEW JERSEY: Beverly, 08010 (R #1, National Delores T. Blake Bridgeboro Rd.). Cemetery. East Orange, 07019......... Medical Center. Kenneth Mizrach Lyons, 07939............... ......do....... A. Paul Kidd Newark, 07102 (20 Regional Office Robert P. Van Sprang Washington Pl.). Salem, 08079 (R.F.D. 3, National Delores T. Blake Fort Mott Rd., Box 542) Cemetery. (Finn's Point National Cemetery) (Mail: Beverly National Cemetery, NJ). Somerville, 08876.......... Asset Robert Nelson Management Service. NEW MEXICO: Albuquerque, 87108 (2100 Medical Center. Norman Brown Ridgecrest Dr. SE.). Albuquerque, 87102 (500 Regional Office Ray W. Hall Gold Ave. SW.). Fort Bayard, 88036 (P.O. National Eileen Harrison Box 189) (Fort Bayard Cemetery. National Cemetery) (Mail: Fort Bliss National Cemetery, TX). Santa Fe, 87501 (P.O. Box ......do....... Gloria C. Gamez 88, 501 N. Guadalupe St.). NEW YORK: Albany, 12208 (113 Holland Medical Center. Fred Malphurs Ave.). Batavia, 14020............. ......do....... Paul J. McCool Bath, 14810................ Medical Center Michael Sullivan (medical and domiciliary). Bath, 14810 (VA Medical National David G. Dimmick Center). Cemetery. [[Page 495]] Bronx, 10468 (130 W. Medical Center. Mary Ann Musumecii Kingsbridge Rd.). Brooklyn, 11209 (800 Poly ......do....... James J. Farsetta Pl.). Brooklyn Division St. Albans Division Brooklyn, 11205 (35 Ryerson Outpatient James J. Farsetta St.). Clinic. Brooklyn, 11208 (625 National Mike Cariota Jamaica Ave.) (Cypress Cemetery. Hills National Cemetery) (Mail: Long Island National Cemetery, NY). Buffalo, 14202 (111 W. Regional Office (Vacancy) Huron St.). Buffalo, 14215 (3495 Bailey Medical Center. Richard S. Droske Ave.). Calverton, 11933 (210 National Patrick Hallinan Princeton Blvd.). Cemetery. Canandaigua, 14424......... Medical Center. Stuart Collyer Castle Point, 12511........ ......do....... Ronald F. Lipp Elmira, 14901 (1825 Davis National David G. Dimmick St.) (Woodlawn National Cemetery. Cemetery) (Mail: Bath National Cemetery, NY). Farmingdale, 11735-1211 ......do....... Mike Cariota (2040 Wellwood Ave.) (Long Island National Cemetery). Montrose, 10548 (Franklin Medical Center. (Vacancy) Delano Roosevelt Hospital). New York, 10001 (252 7th Regional Office Joseph Thompson Ave. at 24th St.). New York, 10001 (1st Ave. Medical Center. John Donnellan, Jr. at E. 24th St.). Northport, Long Island, ......do....... Eleanor Travers, M.D. 11768. Syracuse, 13210 (Irving ......do....... Phillip Thomas Ave. and University Pl.). NORTH CAROLINA: Asheville, 28805........... ......do....... James A. Christian Durham, 27705 (508 Fulton ......do....... Michael Phaup St. and Erwin Rd.). Fayetteville, 28301 (2300 ......do....... Jerome Calhoun Ramsey St.). New Bern, 28560 (1711 National Margaret S. Yarborough National Ave.). Cemetery. Raleigh, 27610 (501 Rock ......do....... Walter Gray, Jr. Quarry Rd.). Salisbury, 28144 (1601 Medical Center. R. Eugene Konik Brenner Ave.). Salisbury, 28144 (202 National Abraham G. Stice Government Rd.). Cemetery. Wilmington, 28403 (2011 ......do....... Margaret S. Yarborough Market St.) (Mail: New Bern National Cemetery, NC). Winston-Salem, 27102 (251 Regional Office John Montgomery N. Main St.). NORTH DAKOTA: Fargo, 58102 (2101 Elm St.) Medical and Douglas Kenyon Regional Office Center. OHIO: Chillicothe, 45601......... Medical Center. Michael Walton Cincinnati, 45220 (3200 ......do....... Gary Nugent Vine St.). Cleveland, 44106-3800 ......do....... Krista Ludenia (10701 East Blvd.). Becksville Division Wade Park Division Cleveland, 44199 (1240 E. Regional Office Phillip J. Ross 9th St.). Columbus, 43221 (2090 Kenny Outpatient Lilian T. Thome, M.D. Rd.). Clinic. Dayton, 45428 (VA Medical Medical Center Edgar Thorsland Center, 4100 W. 3d St.). (medical and domiciliary). Dayton, 45428.............. National Karen J. DuHart Cemetery. OKLAHOMA: Fort Gibson, 74434 (1423 ......do....... Candice Underwood Cemetery Rd.). Muskogee, 74401 (Memorial Medical Center. (Vacancy) Station, Honor Heights Dr.). Muskogee, 74401 (125 S. Regional Office Jerry G. McRae Main St.). Oklahoma City, 73104 (921 Medical Center. Steve J. Gentling NE. 13th St.). OREGON: Eagle Point, 97524 (2763 National Darryl Ferrell Riley Rd.). Cemetery. Portland, 97207 (3710 SW. Medical Center. Barry L. Bell U.S. Veterans Hospital Rd.). Portland, 97204 (1220 SW. Regional Office Joseph Williams 3d Ave.). Portland, 97266-6937 (11800 National Billy D. Murphy SE. Mt. Scott Blvd., P.O. Cemetery. Box 66147) (Willamette National Cemetery). Roseburg, 97470-6513....... Medical Center. Alan Perry Roseburg, 97470 (VA Medical National Maintained by VAMC Center) (Mail: Willamette Cemetery. National Cemetery, OR). White City, 97503.......... Domiciliary.... George Ardries, Jr. PENNSYLVANIA: Altoona, 16602-4377........ Medical Center. Gerald Williams Annville, 17003-9618 (R 2, National Charlene R. Lewis Box 484) (Indiantown Gap Cemetery. National Cemetery). Aspinwall (see Pittsburgh, 15240) Butler, 16001-2480......... Medical Center. Peter Stajduhar, M.D. Coatesville, 19320......... ......do....... Gary Devansky Erie, 16501 (135 E. 38th ......do....... Stephen M. Lucas St. Blvd.). Lebanon, 17042............. ......do....... Leonard Washington, Jr. [[Page 496]] Philadelphia, 19101 (5000 Regional Office Thomas M. Lastowka Wissahickon Ave.) and Insurance (Insurance remittances: Center. P.O. Box 7787). (Mail: P.O. Box 8079). Philadelphia, 19104 Medical Center. Earl Falast (University and Woodland Aves.). Philadelphia, 19138 (Haines National Delores T. Blake St. and Limekiln Pike) Cemetery. (Mail: Beverly National Cemetery, NJ). Pittsburgh, 15222 (1000 Regional Office Harold T. Bushey Liberty Ave.). Pittsburgh, 15206 (Highland Medical Center. Laurn Miller Dr.). Pittsburgh, 15240 ......do....... Thomas A. Cappello (University Dr. C). Aspinwall Division Pittsburgh Division (Mail: University Drive, Pittsburgh) Wilkes-Barre, 18711 (1111 ......do....... Reedes Hurt East End Blvd.). PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC: Manila (1131 Roxas Blvd.) Regional Office Robert F. Moakley (AP 96440). and Outpatient Clinic. PUERTO RICO: Bayamon, 00960 (P.O. Box National (Vacancy) 1298) (Puerto Rico Cemetery. National Cemetery). Hato Rey, 00918 (U.S. Courthouse and Federal Bldg., Carlos E. Chardon St.). San Juan, 00927-5800 Medical Center. Edward Valenzuela (Barrio Monacillos G.P.O., Box 4867). San Juan, 00936 (U.S. Regional Office Gary L. Cole Courthouse and Federal Bldg., Carlos E. Chardon St., Hato Rey, G.P.O. Box 4867). RHODE ISLAND: Providence, 02903 (380 Regional Office (Vacancy) Westminster Mall). Providence, 02908 (Davis Medical Center. Edward H. Seiler Park). SOUTH CAROLINA: Beaufort, 29902 (1601 National Rafael M. Rodriguez Boundary St.). Cemetery. Charleston, 29401-5799 (109 Medical Center. Dean Billik Bee St.). Columbia, 29201 (William ......do....... Robert M. Athey Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Hospital). Columbia, 29201 (1801 Regional Office R. Stedman Sloan, Jr. Assembly St.). Florence, 29501 (803 E. National Kenneth LaFevor National Cemetery Rd.). Cemetery. SOUTH DAKOTA: Fort Meade, 57741.......... Medical Center. Peter Henry Fort Meade, 57785 (Mail: National Douglas D. Miner Black Hills National Cemetery. Cemetery, SD). Hot Springs, 57747......... Medical Center Daniel Marsh (medical and domiciliary). Hot Springs, 57747 (VA National Douglas D. Miner Medical Center) (Mail: Cemetery. Black Hills National Cemetery, SD). Sioux Falls, 57117 (Royal Medical Center R. Vincent Crawford C. Johnson Veterans and Regional Memorial Hospital). Office. Sturgis, 57785 (P.O. Box National Daniel Nelson 640) (Black Hills National Cemetery. Cemetery). TENNESSEE: Chattanooga, 37404 (1200 ......do....... James Wallace Bailey Ave.). Knoxville, 37917 (939 Tyson ......do....... Rodney Dunn St. NW.) (Mail: Mountain Home). Madison, 37115-4619 (1420 ......do....... Sandy L. Noguez Gallatin Rd. S.) (Nashville National Cemetery). Memphis, 38104 (1030 Medical Center. Kenneth L. Mulholland Jefferson Ave.). Memphis, 38122 (3568 Townes National Mark E. Maynard Ave.). Cemetery. Mountain Home, 37684 Medical Center Carl Gerber, M.D. (Johnson City). (medical and domiciliary). Mountain Home, 37684 (P.O. National Rodney Dunn Box 8). Cemetery. Murfreesboro, 37129-1236... Medical Center. Brian Heckert Nashville, 37212-2637 (1310 ......do....... Larry E. Deters 24th Ave. S.). Nashville, 37203 (110 9th Regional Office Thomas Jensen Ave. S.). TEXAS: Amarillo, 79106 (6010 Medical Center. Y.C. Parris Amarillo Blvd. W.). Austin, 78772 (1615 E. Automation Robert Evans Woodward St.). Center. Austin, 78714-9575 (P.O. Finance Center. Harlan R. Hively Box 149975). Big Spring, 79720.......... Medical Center. Gary Brown Bonham, 75418 (Sam Rayburn Medical Center Charles Freeman Memorial Veterans Center). (medical and domiciliary). Dallas, 75216 (4500 S. Medical Center. Alan Harper Lancaster Rd.). El Paso, 79925 (5919 Brook Outpatient Frank Caldwell Hollow Dr.). Clinic. Fort Bliss, 79906 (5200 National Eileen Harrison Fred Wilson Rd., P.O. Box Cemetery. 6342). Houston, 77030 (2002 Medical Center. Robert Stott Holcombe Blvd.). Houston, 77054 (8900 Lakes Regional Office (Vacancy) at 610 Dr.). [[Page 497]] Houston, 77038 (10410 National Clyde Rowney Veterans Memorial Dr.). Cemetery. Kerrville, 78028........... Medical Center. Arnold E. Mouish Kerrville, 78028 (VA National Joe A. Ramos Medical Center, 3600 Cemetery. Memorial Blvd.) (Mail: Fort Sam Houston, TX). Marlin, 76661.............. Medical Center. Melvin Baker San Antonio, 78285 (7400 ......do....... Jose R. Coronado Merton Minter Blvd.) (Audi L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital). San Antonio, 98202 (517 National Joe A. Ramos Paso Hondo St.) (Mail: Cemetery. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, TX). San Antonio, 78209 (1520 National Joe A. Ramos Harry Wurzbach Rd.) (Fort Cemetery. Sam Houston National Cemetery). Temple, 76504 (Olin E. Medical Center Michael R. Harwell Teague Veterans Center). (medical and domiciliary). Waco, 76711 (4800 Memorial Medical Center. Wallace M. Hopkins Dr.). Waco, 76799 (1400 N. Valley Regional Office Lois High Mills Dr.). UTAH: Salt Lake City, 84147 (125 ......do....... Douglas B. Wadsworth S. State St.). Salt Lake City, 84148 (500 Medical Center. William L. Hodson, Jr. Foothill Blvd.). VERMONT: White River Junction, 05001 Medical and Gary DeGasta Regional Office Center. VIRGINIA: Alexandria, 22314 (1450 National Larry Williams Wilkes St.) (Mail: Cemetery. Culpeper National Cemetery, VA). Culpeper, 22701 (305 U.S. ......do....... Larry Williams Ave.). Danville, 24541 (721 Lee ......do....... Abe C. Stice St.) (Mail: Salisbury National Cemetery, NC). Hampton, 23667............. Medical Center William G. Wright (medical and domiciliary). Hampton, 23669 (Cemetery National Homer D. Hardamon Rd. at Marshall Ave., VA). Cemetery. Hampton, 23669 (VA Medical ......do....... Homer D. Hardamon Center) (Mail: Cemetery Rd. at Marshall Ave., VA). Hopewell, 23860 (10th Ave. ......do....... Homer D. Hardamon and Davis St.) (City Point National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Leesburg, 22075 (Balls ......do....... Larry Williams Bluff National Cemetery) (Mail: Culpeper National Cemetery, VA). Mechanicsville, 23111 ......do....... Homer D. Hardamon (Route 156 N.) (Cold Harbor National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Richmond, 23249 (1201 Broad Medical Center. James Dudley Rock Rd.). Richmond, 23231 (1701 National Homer D. Hardamon Williamsburg Rd.). Cemetery. Richmond, 23231 (8620 ......do....... Homer D. Hardamon Varina Rd.) (Fort Harrison National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Richmond, 23231 (8301 ......do....... Homer D. Hardamon Willis Church Rd.) (Glendale National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Roanoke, 24011 (210 Regional Office James Maye Franklin Rd. SW.). Salem, 24153............... Medical Center. John Presley Sandston, 23150 (400 E. National Homer D. Hardamon Williamsburg Rd.) (Seven Cemetery. Pines National Cemetery) (Mail: Richmond National Cemetery, VA). Staunton, 24401 (901 ......do....... Larry Williams Richmond Ave.) (Mail: Culpeper National Cemetery, VA). Triangle, 22172 (R #619, ......do....... Patricia K. Novak 18424 Joplin Rd.) (Quantico National Cemetery). Winchester, 22601 (401A ......do....... Larry Williams National Ave.) (Mail: Culpeper National Cemetery, VA). WASHINGTON: American Lake, Tacoma, Medical Center. Frank Taylor 98493. Seattle, 98174 (915 2d Regional Office Richard F. Murphy Ave.). Seattle, 98108 (4435 Beacon Medical Center. Timothy Williams Ave., S.). Spokane, 99205 (N. 4815 ......do....... Joseph M. Manley Assembly St.). Walla Walla, 99362 (77 ......do....... George Marnelli Wainwright Dr.). WEST VIRGINIA: Beckley, 25801 (200 ......do....... Gerald Husson Veterans Ave.). Clarksburg, 26301.......... ......do....... Michael Newch Grafton, 26354 (R #2, Box National Terry Ellison 127) (West Virginia Cemetery. National Cemetery). Grafton, 26354 (431 Walnut ......do....... Terry Ellison St.) (Mail: West Virginia National Cemetery, WV) (Mail: Grafton National Cemetery, WV). Huntington, 25701 (1540 Medical Center. Phillip S. Elkins Spring Valley Dr.). Huntington, 25701 (640 4th Regional Office Greg Mason Ave.). [[Page 498]] Martinsburg, 25401......... Medical Center Richard Dell (medical and domiciliary). WISCONSIN: Madison, 53705 (2500 Medical Center. Nathan L. Geraths Overlook Ter.) (William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital). Milwaukee, 53295 (5000 W. Medical Center Russell E. Struble National Ave.). (medical and domiciliary). Milwaukee, 53295 (P.O. Box Regional Office Jon A. Baker 6). Milwaukee, 53295-4000 (5000 National Richard A. Anderson W. National Ave.) (Wood Cemetery. National Cemetery). Tomah, 54660............... Medical Center. Stanley Q. Johnson WYOMING: Cheyenne, 82001 (2360 E. Medical and Frank Drake Pershing Blvd.). Regional Office Center. Sheridan, 82801............ Medical Center. 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