New Trumbull County veterans' services offices opened today in Warren

WARREN — About 700 Trumbull County residents have given their life in service to their county, and 20,000 military veterans live in the county.

In memory of those veterans who died and to serve those who remain, the newly constructed Samuel E. Lanza Veterans Resource Center officially opened today. It’s the home of the county’s Veterans Service Commission.

The $2.1 million, 7,000-square-foot facility at 2533 E. Market St., provides offices, a two-vehicle garage and a large central meeting space that overflowed today with veterans and others.

The day was a tribute to Lanza, a World War II veteran of the Marine Corps who was wounded on Okinawa, and Paul E. Heltzel, a former Trumbull County commissioner who pushed for construction of the facility’s large meeting room.

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