Veterans Service Center
45 South Main Street, Room #213
Tel: (203) 294-2165
Fax: (203) 294-2137
Veteran Services Officer: George Messier
- Hours (please call 203-294-2165 to schedule an appointment):
- Monday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Tuesday 9 a.m. - 12 noon
- Wednesday 9 a.m. - 12 noon
- Thursday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Friday Closed
- Give information to all Wallingford and Meriden residents who are eligible for veterans
benefits and refer them to proper agencies, as needed.
- Assist veterans, widows, dependent parents, dependent children and orphans by
completing applications to obtain federal and state benefits.
Federal benefits:
Applications for:
- compensation (service-connected disabilities)
- pension (non-service connected disability benefits
- V.A. hospital treatment
- G.I. school, home loans and insurance
- burial allowance
- headstones
Outreach - mailings to local veterans organizations with updates from the
VA Regional Office in Hartford on veteran benefits.
State benefits:
Applications for:
- the $600 educational assistance for children of servicemen killed in action or totally disabled.
- admittance to the Veterans Home and Hospital located in Rocky Hill.
- burial in the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown.
- payment of cost to install federal grave-markers in private cemeteries.
- assistance through the State Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Fund.
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