Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 1912-A. Flag holders for graves

(a) Flag holders.--The commissioners of each county shall, from time to time as they consider expedient, procure appropriate flag holders for the graves of deceased servicepersons and the graves of all other deceased persons 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. Such flag holders shall be of bronze, aluminum or a suitable weather-resistant substitute material.

(b) Requirement for flag holders.--The commissioners of each county shall place a flag holder upon the grave of each deceased serviceperson and the graves of all other deceased persons 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 whose separation from service was honorable, whether by discharge or otherwise, who at the time of death:

(c) Design of flag holders.--If a deceased serviceperson was a veteran of a war or campaign for which the Federal Government issued discharge buttons, the flag holders designated for their graves shall include a facsimile of the discharge button. If a deceased serviceperson was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, the markers designated for their graves 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.

(d) Memorial certificate.--In the case of a county of the second class A, in lieu of placing a flag holder 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, whether or not the person died in the county and whether or not the person was 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.