Jefferson County (Nebraska) Veterans Service Office

Jefferson County’s Veterans Service Office in the Fairbury courthouse, under Veterans Service Officer Jim Carpenter, files VA and State claims, pays drivers to take veterans to VA care, buys grave markers and flags, and with the Board names a Jefferson County Veteran of the Month at each first meeting of the month.

Also called: veterans service office, CVSO, Jim Carpenter, James Carpenter, Veteran of the Month, VA drivers, veterans board, Doug Kapke, Mark Grummert, Fairbury, Diller, Jansen, Plymouth, Daykin, Endicott, Harbine, Reynolds, Steele City.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

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Jefferson County, NECounty

The office. The Jefferson County Veterans Service Office is in the courthouse, 411 4th Street, Fairbury, NE 68352 (the State's directory places it on the lower level), phone (402) 729-6839, [email protected]. The Veterans Service Officer is James (Jim) Carpenter. The county's page gives office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.; the State's directory (updated October 26, 2026) gives Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed noon to 1. The page lists nothing else, so call before going. Rides to VA care. The office budget pays drivers: its VA Drivers Salary line was $13,163.10 in 2024-2025 and $12,204.01 in 2025-2026 against $14,192.00 budgeted, with $14,192.00 again for 2026-2027 and $5,500.00 of vehicle expense, and the Board's wage schedule of July 14, 2026 pays Veteran Drivers $17.74 an hour (the officer $24.00). No page says where the drivers go or how to book; ask the office. Veteran of the Month. The Board honours a county veteran at its first meeting of each month, outside by the veterans memorial when the weather allows, with a certificate and a patriotic decoration, the officer and the veterans board's Doug Kapke and Mark Grummert attending: Victor Miller, Rodney Schrock, Ron Kelly and Steve Kettelhut in the last four months of 2025, and in 2026 Dennis Traeger (April 7), Charley Endorf (May 5), Robert Eyer (June 2), Esther Schmit (July 14) and John Wagner (August 11). The commissioners' December 2025 update asks anyone who knows a veteran not yet recognized to contact a commissioner or Mr. Carpenter. The money. The office (0100-803 Veterans Service) spent $63,552.37 in 2024-2025 and $60,382.94 in 2025-2026, and the final 2026-2027 budget adopts $65,842.00: the officer's $38,000.00, the drivers, and $2,000.00 for grave markers and flags ($3,124.09 spent in 2024-2025, none in 2025-2026). The county pays dues to the County Veterans Service Officers Association of Nebraska ($100) and the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers ($50).

Thresholds

Thresholds for Jefferson County (Nebraska) Veterans Service Office
Gate	Rule
Any Jefferson County veteran or dependent	Claims help, rides and grave markers need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.

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Last updated 2026-10-30.

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