Veterans’ Services

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza at One Ellis Square

Learn more about why the memorial is set in this location, the process of creating the memorial and the artist, Jane DeDecker, who designed it (PDF).

Vietnam Veteran Video

There is also a video online that provides details about the lives of the eleven local men killed during the Vietnam War and the circumstances of their deaths. View the video (MOV). 

Many thanks to Montserrat College of Art for volunteering Assistant Professor Chelsea Sams and student Sarah Eldridge for this video project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tinVVyxFrK0 To watch the making of the Plaza

Veterans Affairs (VA) Links

State

• Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services
• Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services - Annuity
• Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services - Bonuses
• Massachusetts Vets Advisor

Federal VA Access

• eBenefits - My Gateway to Benefit Information

VA Form Search

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Find a Form

VA Rules & Regulations

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Compensation and Pension Manual

VA Hospital Enrollment

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - How to Apply for VA Health Care

DD-214 & Records Request 

• eVetRecs - Online Service Records Request
• Mass residents records may be on file with your local VSO. 

Local Veteran Groups

• Beverly Vietnam Veterans Fortunato VFW Post 545 
• Herman A. Spear Post 331, American Legion
• North Shore Veterans Coalition
• Vittori Rocci Post Number 56

Active to Civilian Transition Employment Support 

• Al Yee

  USMC Vietnam Veteran Veterans Employment Representative MassHire North Shore Career Center
  70 Washington St.
  Salem, MA 01970
  978-825-7207
  ayee@masshire-nscareers.org
  albert.yee@detma.org    

• http://northshorevetcoalition.com/
  
  

Transportation

• Seniorcare - Medical Transportation
• Transportation Guide (PDF)