Venango County (Pennsylvania) Veterans Services

Venango County's Veterans Affairs office - County Veteran Service Officer Harry Whittemore, with Troy Wood, at the Human Services Complex, 1 Dale Avenue, Franklin (814-432-9780, [email protected]; appointments required; Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., legal holidays excepted) - gives free, confidential help with disability compensation, pension, health care, education and survivor benefit claims, Pennsylvania's veterans emergency assistance, real estate tax exemptions, education gratuity and blind/paralyzed veterans pensions, military records and discharge documents, burial benefits, grave markers and the county's veterans' grave registration.

Also called: veterans services, veterans affairs, VSO, CVSO, claims, Harry Whittemore, Troy Wood, Karen Hall, 1 Dale Avenue, 814-432-9780, Butler VA, DAV Transport, 51 Pa.C.S. 4942, Franklin, Oil City, Emlenton, Sugarcreek, Polk, Utica.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Venango County, PACounty

Pennsylvania counties of Venango's class employ directors of veterans affairs under the County Code (16 Pa.C.S. 15524); see the Pennsylvania entries. Venango County's Veterans Services page names Harry Whittemore (County Veteran Service Officer) and Troy Wood at the Human Services Complex, 1 Dale Avenue, Franklin, PA 16323, phone 814-432-9780, [email protected] and [email protected], and says appointments ARE required. Operating hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., legal holidays excepted. (The Commissioners' May 12, 2026 HR agenda ends Karen Hall's Veterans' Service Officer post at 507 Veterans' Affairs effective October 23, 2026; the page now names Whittemore.) What the office does, as its page states: it "serves as the local point of contact for veterans, active-duty service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and their eligible dependents and survivors", with free, confidential assistance "in identifying benefits, determining eligibility, preparing claims and applications, and connecting residents with county, state, and federal programs"; its accredited staff work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Key services: disability compensation, pension, health care, education and survivor benefit claims; Pennsylvania programmes - veterans emergency assistance, real estate tax exemptions, education gratuity, and pensions for eligible blind or paralyzed veterans; military records, discharge documents, benefit eligibility reviews and community referrals; burial benefits, grave markers and headstones, and the county's veterans' grave registration records. Numbers and rides. Butler VA Hospital: 800-362-8262; DAV Transport for Butler: 800-362-8262 ext. 5010; DAV Transport for Erie: 866-287-9770. The page lists the local posts and their meetings: Franklin - American Legion (2nd Thursday, 7 p.m.), DAV Tri-County (3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.) and VFW (1st Thursday, 8 p.m.), all at the Franklin VFW; Oil City - American Legion (1st and 3rd Thursdays, 8 p.m.) and VFW (2nd Thursday, 8 p.m.).

Thresholds

Thresholds for Venango County (Pennsylvania) Veterans Services
Gate	Rule
Venango County veterans, service members and their families	Free, confidential claims help; no rating or discharge condition is published.

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