Columbia County (Arkansas) Veterans Service Office

What it is. An Arkansas county veterans service officer is employed by the county judge and paid from the Quorum Court's budget, trained and accredited through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and partly reimbursed by the State under section 20-81-106: one dollar for every two the county spends, up to $3,600 a year, or $4,800 in a county with more than 2,500 veterans, plus $500 a quarter each for VA accreditation and for access to VA's benefits system; see the Arkansas entry on the Department and county service officers. Help with a claim is free. Columbia County's site does not list the office. Who and when. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists Gregg Harrell at 127 S. Washington, Magnolia, (870) 235-3746, [email protected], Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (the finder prints the ZIP code as 72753; Magnolia's is 71753). The county's staff directory puts the Office of Emergency Management at the same address. Columbia is in the Department's District 4, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Eric Siddons in the Fort Smith courthouse, (479) 966-5295. The County Judge, Doug Fields, is on 870-234-2542. The Quorum Court. No minutes or budget are posted, so the office's appropriation is not published.