Important Telephone Number

 

Agent Orange:

Agent Orange Class Assistance Program ............................................................... 202-289-6173

Amerasians:

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement ... 202-724-5117
Department of State, Bureau for Refugee Programs ............................................. 202-647-7360

Archives:

Naval Historical Center ............................................................................................... 202-433-3170
VIetnam Archive, Library, Texas Tech ..................................................................... 806-742-3758
War Collection (Vietnam) , Connelly Library, LaSalle University ..................... 215-951-1285

Children and Families of the Vietnam Veteran:

Association of Birth Defects in Children ................................................................. 407-245-7035
Association of Birth Defects in Children (Registry) ............................................. 800-313-2223
National Information System for Vietnam Veterans and their Families ............ 800-922-9234

Congressional and Senate Committees:

Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs .................................................................... 202-224-9126
House Committee on Veterans Affairs ..................................................................... 202-225-3527

Department of Veterans Affairs:

Office of the Secretary ................................................................................................. 202-273-4800
Office of the Inspector General .................................................................................. 202-565-8620
Office of General Councel ........................................................................................... 202-273-6659
Office of the Chief Benefits Director ........................................................................ 202-418-4343
Off of the National Cemetery System ........................................................................ 202-273-5146
Arlington National Cemetery (Funeral Information) ............................................. 703-697-2131
Board of Veterans Appeals .......................................................................................... 202-565-5436
Personnel Locator ......................................................................................................... 202-273-4950
Persian Gulf Veterans Hotline ................................................................................... 800-749-8387
Veterans Benefits - Veterans Services ..................................................................... 800-827-1000
(TDD) ............................................................................................................................... 800-829-4833

Government Agencies

Department of Defense ................................................................................................. 703-545-6700
Department of Labor, (Office of Veterans Employment and Training) ............... 202-219-9110
(Office of Veterans Employment, Reemployment, and Training) ......................... 202-219-9116
Office of Management and Budget - Veterans Affairs ........................................... 202-395-4500
Office of Personnel Management ............................................................................... 202-606-1000
Small Business Administration - Office of Veterans Affairs .............................. 202-205-6773

 Homeless Veterans:

Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Interagency Council on the Homeless ....................................................................... 202-708-0950
National Coalition for the Homeless .......................................................................... 202-775-1322
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans ............................................................... 800-838-4357
(in Washington D.C.) .................................................................................................... 202-546-1969

Humanitarian Aid:

American Red Cross .................................................................................................... 800-435-7669
Army Emergency Relief .............................................................................................. 703-545-6700
National Marrow Donor Program ............................................................................. 800-654-1247
Operation Smile ........................................................................................................... 804-625-0375

Incarcerated Veterans:

Federal Breau of Prisons ............................................................................................. 202-307-3250

Minority Veterans:

Black Veterans for Social Justice ............................................................................. 718-935-1116
Cuban American Veterans Association .................................................................... 305-642-0202
Navajo Nation Association ........................................................................................... 520-871-7914

POW/MIA Issues:

Department of Defense, POW/MIA Affairs ............................................................. 703-602-2202
National League of Families ....................................................................................... 202-223-6846
Task Force Omega ....................................................................................................... 602-979-5651

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder:

Director, Readjustment Counceling Services, Dept. of Veterans Affairs .......... 202-273-8967
National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Science Division, Boston, VAMC ......... 202-628-2700

Reunion and Locator Services:

Army Worldwide Locator ............................................................................................ 703-325-3732
Navy Times Locator Services ..................................................................................... 703-750-8636
Service Reunions .......................................................................................................... 703-998-7035

Vietnam Veterans Memorial:

Friends of the Vietnam Veteans Memorial ............................................................... 703-525-1107
Sons and Daughters in Touch ..................................................................................... 703-525-1107
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund ............................................................................. 202-393-0090

Women Veterans:

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project ........................................................................ 202-328-7253




Revised: January 8, 1997