January 8, 2015 Remains of Memphis soldier missing since 1969 to be buried at Arlington An Air Force Major who was killed in a crash and listed as missing in action for more than 40 years will finally be laid to rest when he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery Sept. 23.
January 8, 2015 New Jersey man deemed oldest Medal of Honor recipient dies A World War II veteran believed to be the nation's oldest living Medal of Honor recipient has died in New Jersey. Nicholas Oresko was 96.
January 8, 2015 Navajo Code Talker dies at 90 in NM home A Navajo Code Talker, whose words are inscribed on congressional medals given to his group and who fought to have a World War II comrade recognized for his service, died Thursday in New Mexico.
January 8, 2015 VA says it'll fix Confederate soldier's New York gravestone inscribed with wrong last name Federal officials say they'll correct a Confederate soldier's gravestone that was inscribed with the wrong name decades after he died at a Civil War prison camp in New York.
January 8, 2015 Veterans Affairs fires 4 senior executives in crackdown following wait-time scandal The Veterans Affairs Department has fired four senior executives as officials move to crack down on wrongdoing following a nationwide scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care and falsified records covering up the delays.
January 8, 2015 Descendant says Confederate soldier's gravestone has the wrong name, but the VA won't fix it A descendant of a Confederate soldier who died in a Civil War prison camp in New York says the wrong name is on his gravestone, and the Department of Veterans Affairs won't fix it.
January 8, 2015 New Jersey veteran, 101, still working same job 73 years later Herman "Hy" Goldman turned 101 this weekend and won't quit after 73 years working at the same New Jersey job.
January 8, 2015 Deputy VA secretary to address veterans in Denver amid health care scandal VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson is addressing a veterans convention in Denver days after his department said it wanted to fire two supervisors accused of manipulating health care data in Colorado and Wyoming.
January 8, 2015 New memorial honoring disabled veterans takes shape near US Capitol after 16 years of planning Army Lt. Dawn Halfaker was on patrol 10 years ago in Baqubah, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade tore through her military vehicle and exploded inside.
January 8, 2015 Acting Veterans Affairs secretary vows end to whistleblower retaliation in St. Louis visit The acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs is vowing to crack down on whistleblower retaliation after a private government watchdog released a critical report on the agency's treatment of employees who brought internal problems to light.
