Union County Office of Veteran’s Affairs (J.D. Kerstetter, Director), Government Center, Lewisburg

The Union County Office of Veteran’s Affairs - Director J.D. Kerstetter, UC Government Center, 155 N. 15th Street, Lewisburg (570-524-8677), open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:00 to 4:30 - helps Union County veterans and their families apply for local, State and federal veterans’ programs and replace discharges and military ID cards.

Also called: Office of Veteran’s Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Director of Veterans Affairs, VSO, J.D. Kerstetter, JD Kerstetter, 570-524-8677, 570-524-8676, 155 N. 15th Street, Government Center, rabbittransit, Paratransit, Lewisburg, Mifflinburg, New Berlin, Hartleton, Allenwood, Winfield, Laurelton, Millmont, Vicksburg, Linntown, West Milton, Mazeppa.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Union County, PACounty

The office. The county's Veterans' Affairs page: "The Office of Veteran's Affairs assists Union County veterans and their families in applying for local, state, and federal veteran's programs. Application procedures and funding vary; therefore applicants need to seek assistance through their county of residence. Each county in Pennsylvania is required to provide these services to their residents." It links the State's and the VA's programmes, the National Archives for a replacement discharge, and the Defense Department's ID card office for a replacement military ID card. J.D. Kerstetter, Director; UC Government Center, 155 N. 15th Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; phone (570) 524-8677, fax (570) 524-3889. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs' county directors list of September 9, 2026 gives the same director and address with phone (570) 524-8676 and fax (570) 524-8635; call either. What the director handles. Pennsylvania's county directors of veterans affairs take the burial and headstone allowances, grave flags and markers under 16 Pa.C.S. Chapter 155 (the burial record entry) and help with the State's Veterans' Temporary Assistance, disabled veterans' real estate tax exemption and pensions (the Pennsylvania entries). Discharges and rides. The Recorder of Deeds: "Military Service Discharges are recorded in this office" (the State entries carry the free recording). The county's Need A Ride post points residents to rabbittransit's Paratransit, "specially geared toward seniors, veterans, individuals receiving Medical Assistance, and persons with disabilities", and its Stop Hopper service.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Union County Office of Veteran’s Affairs (J.D. Kerstetter, Director), Government Center, Lewisburg
Gate	Rule
Union County veterans and families	The office helps any veteran or family member apply; no rating is needed to ask.

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Last updated 2026-11-06.

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