Putnam County (Tennessee) Veterans County Service Office

Putnam County's Veterans County Service Office, 1656 West Broad Street, Cookeville (931-526-2432), helps veterans, surviving spouses and families with VA health care, compensation, pension, survivor and burial claims and military records, Monday to Friday 8 to 4; service officers Mark Harris and Edward Norris.

Also called: veterans service office, VSO, claims, compensation, pension, Mark Harris, Edward Norris, 1656 West Broad Street, 931-526-2432, [email protected], Veterans Hall, TCA 58-3-109, Cookeville, Algood, Baxter, Monterey, Silver Point, Buffalo Valley, Double Springs.

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

Where it applies

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Putnam County, TNCounty

Tennessee counties employ veterans service officers under Tennessee Code 58-3-109; see the Tennessee entries. Putnam County's page: the office will "Assist veterans, surviving spouses, and veteran families in filing claims with the Veterans Administration to obtain VA Healthcare, Compensation, Pension, Survivor Benefits, Burial Benefits and more", and "Can also assist in obtaining military records and discharges from Tennessee state records or the National Archives." Who. Mark Harris ([email protected]), appointed in April 2015, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant certified with the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services, the American Legion and the VFW to present VA claims; and Edward Norris ([email protected]). Where and when. 1656 West Broad Street, Cookeville, TN 38501 (from I-40 exit 283, Tennessee Avenue to West Broad Street; the office is the rightmost front door); 931-526-2432, [email protected]; Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The same building houses the county's Veterans Hall, a display honouring the county's veterans kept by the county archivist and open Wednesday to Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. The county's Veteran Community page also gathers local veteran organisations, businesses and the DEERS ID card office. The money. The county's 2026-27 budget carries Veteran's Services at $169,623, and gives $5,000 to the Putnam County Veterans Organization for veteran organisations and events and $5,000 to the Veterans Honor Guard for funeral honors uniforms.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Putnam County (Tennessee) Veterans County Service Office
Gate	Rule
Putnam County veterans, spouses and families	Free claims help; no rating is needed to ask.

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Last updated 2026-10-24.

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