Camden County Office of Veterans Affairs

"The Office of Veterans Affairs serves all veterans and their family members within Camden County. This office is available Monday through Friday to give assistance to all our veterans and dependents." Its service list runs from "Assistance in Establishing VA Eligibility Qualification for all VA Programs for Veterans and Family Members" through disability-compensation claims ("The office of Camden County Veteran affairs assists veterans and their families with completing claims for submission regarding service related disabilities"), VA pensions, medical benefits, burial benefits, Agent Orange information, discharge replacement and upgrades, medals ("Ordering Medals/Awards and Formally Presenting when Possible"), Gold Star family support, and "Coordinate Sen-Han Authorization for Transportation for Eligible Veterans." On discharge records: "To obtain a copy of the veteran's discharge or service records a standard 180 VA form must be completed and can either be submitted to the office of Veteran Affairs in Blackwood or mailed to National Personnel Records Center 1 Archives Drive St. Louis, Missouri 63138." Where to file. Ted Gallagher, Director, 1 Collier Drive, Blackwood, NJ 08012, (856) 374-5801 or 1-800-464-VETS (8387); a second office site is the Wolverton Library, 3rd Floor, 200 College Drive, Blackwood (the Camden County College campus). Commissioner Colleen Bianco Bezich is the Board's liaison, 520 Market Street, 6th Floor, Camden, (856) 225-5575. The 2026 certified introduced budget carries the office as the "Veterans' Service Bureau": salaries and wages $393,317 and other expenses $309,000, with an "ASSISTANT VETERANS SVC OFCR" position line. Its year, from the commissioners' minutes. On March 19, 2026 the board recorded a visit to the office "down at the College," where "our former Assembly woman, Pat Jones" works alongside Ted Gallagher. On May 21, 2026 the liaison reported: "In the first five months of the year, they have handled over 300 individual appointments for veterans and their work has led to over $3.5 million dollars in benefits to be received by our Camden County veterans." The office also "assist[s] the cemeteries of our County by issuing flags and markers to be placed on every veteran's grave," and its Veterans Advisory Committee - "a committee composed of representatives from all veterans' organizations in Camden County" - "advises the Camden County Board of Commissioners and all other levels of government on issues pertaining to veterans" ([email protected]). The county's Veterans War History Project records video interviews with resident veterans.