Code of Virginia § 17.1-261. Recordation of names of men who served during World War I.
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The clerk of the circuit court of each county or city shall preserve the book or books in which have been recorded the lists of the residents of such counties or cities, who became members of the military forces of the United States during World War I.
Any person who has joined either the naval or military forces of the United States or its allies, may have his name spread upon such record, upon application and proof of such service, or some person may make such application for him, and when done his name shall be placed upon the record.
The clerks shall be entitled to the fees allowed by law for copying in similar cases.
1918, p. 500, § 17-84; Michie Code 1942, § 5214a; 1998, c. 872 .