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V E T E R A N
S E R V I C E S
480
Underwood Ave, P.O. Box 214
Montello, WI 53949
Phone: 608-297-3182
FAX: 608-297-9161
Richard Hasse - Veteran Service Officer
rhasse@co.marquette.wi.us
Are you aware that Marquette County has a
County Veterans’ Service Office to serve the needs of military veterans
living within the county?
The
duty of the Veterans’ Service Officer is outlined in Wisconsin State
Statute 45.43 (5)(a) as follows:
“The County Veterans’
Service Officer shall: Advise
persons living in the service officer’s county who served
in the U.S. armed forces regarding any benefits to which
they may be entitled or any complaint or problem arising
out of such service and render to them and their
dependents all possible assistance.”
The Marquette County Veterans’ Service
Office can assist you in applying for the following State and Federal VA
benefits:
State
of Wisconsin VA Benefits:
a) Primary
Mortgage Loans
b) Home
Improvement Loans
c) Personal
Loan Program Loans
d) Educational
grants
1)
Tuition and Fee Reimbursement grant
2)
Part Time Study grant
3)
Retraining grant
4)
Subsistence Aid grants
e) Health
Care Aid grants
f) Veterans’
Assistance Program (homeless or at risk of being homeless)
g) Wisconsin
Veterans’ Home at King, WI
h) State
Veterans’ Cemeteries
Federal VA Benefits:
a) Non-Service
connected disability (pension)
b) Service
connected disability (compensation)
c) Widows
pension (widows/children)
d) Dependency &
Indemnity Compensation (DIC) – (compensation for widows/children and
parents when veterans death is due to a service connected disability)
e) Burial allowance and
Headstones
f) GI Bill Educational
benefits
g) Education assistance
for children/wives & widows
h) VA
Health Care benefits
i) Federal
VA Home Loans
j) Replacement/correction
of discharges
k) U.S.
Government Insurance
l) Federal
Government Life Insurance claims
m) Assist
veterans and dependents in filing annual income verification reports
pertaining to non-service connected pension benefits
n) Request
from and send to other counties copies of discharges, marriage, death and
birth records
o) Any
other assistance that may be required by the veteran or his or her
dependents.
Veterans’ or their dependents that need
assistance with State or Federal Veterans’ benefits or just have questions
about benefits they may be entitled to are encouraged to contact the
Marquette County Veterans’ Service Officer.
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