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Nebraska Memorial Uses Database to Remember Vets

saline-county-vets-memorial(AP) — The Saline County Veterans’ Memorial on the courthouse square in Wilber doesn’t have the standard features.

There are no names on any bricks or paving stones. There are no plaques carrying the names of any former sergeants or sailors, majors or Marines, privates or pilots.

Instead it uses a computer database to honor and remember the county’s veterans.

The recently completed memorial has a computer screen built into a kiosk in the base of the memorial. Type a name and the screen could soon display the veteran’s hometown, years of military service, rank, decorations or honors and, if one were submitted, a photo.

The memorial sits on a pentagon-shaped plaza, surrounded by flagpoles and lights. Benches and landscaping will be installed.

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