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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 Pa.C.S.A. Counties § 15512. Flagholders for graves

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Flagholders.--The county commissioners shall, at the county commissioners' discretion, procure appropriate flagholders for the graves of deceased servicepersons and the graves of all other deceased individuals who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Merchant Marine during World War II or an organization officially connected to those forces and whose separation from service was honorable, whether by discharge or otherwise.

(b) Material of flagholder.--A flagholder shall be of bronze, aluminum or other suitable weather-resistant material.

(c) Requirement for flagholders.--The county commissioners shall place a flagholder under subsection (a) if the deceased individual:

(1) had legal residence in the county, regardless of if the individual died or is interred in the county; or

(2) did not have a legal residence within this Commonwealth.

(d) Design of flagholders.--

(1) If a deceased serviceperson was a veteran of a war or campaign for which the Federal Government issued discharge buttons, the flagholder designated for the grave shall include a facsimile of the discharge button.

(2) If a deceased serviceperson was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, the flagholder designated for the grave shall include a circular emblem with the words “Korea, U.S., 1950-1953” in the border and shall incorporate the insignia of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard, as appropriate, in the form approved by the State Veterans' Commission.

(e) Memorial certificate.--For a county of the second class A, in lieu of placing a flagholder on the grave, if the next of kin of a veteran so requests, a memorial certificate may be issued to the next of kin of a deceased serviceperson who, at the time of death, had legal residence in the county, regardless of if the individual died or is interred in the county. The memorial certificate shall indicate the deceased serviceperson's name and designate the war or campaign in which the deceased serviceperson served.

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