Southington Veterans Group Aims To Fix Monument Mistakes

Town of Southington

SOUTHINGTON, CT — A local veterans group this past week issued a call for folks to help them update the town's veterans monuments to ensure all are properly honored.

"The Town of Southington Veterans Committee is looking for your help," wrote the organization. "In our efforts to update the existing WWII, Korea and Vietnam Era monument located on the town green, we are asking for assistance from the community."

The committee said the plaques on the monument have some misspellings and omissions of names that it wants to remedy.

As a result, the committee is asking the public to help it with any of these issues.

The criteria to be met for veterans to be added to this monument is that the "Home of Record" on the Veterans DD-214 must be Southington.

Folks can find the application for "Southington Wartime Veterans Monument Update" on the Town of Southington website southington.org under the Veterans Committee (located under the government tab).

There will also be hard copies available at the Southington Public Library and Town Hall for your convenience.

Click here for the Southington Wartime Veterans Monument Update Application.

Click here to visit the Veterans Committee page.

If people have a family member that is not currently on the monument or whose name is misspelled, they can contact the committee's office by leaving a message at 860-276-6299 or emailing them at veteranscommittee@southington.org.