Monthly Member Meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of Each Month
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Monthly Member Meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of Each Month ***
Martin Leppert Sipes VFW POST 9274 was chartered in Falls Church on March 29, 1947to honor former Falls Church residents missing or killed in action during World War II.
We are a 501(c)(19) membership-based veterans service organization primarily focused on veteran advocacy, community service, and member support. Under federal tax law, donations to our post are fully tax deductible.
Paul F. Martin, US Army, SGT, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, KIA in Bretagne, France on August 27, 1944. He had taken part in the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach and the subsequent fighting at Saint-Lo and Brest. He lived with his family (including his younger brother Jack) at 706 Lincoln Ave in W. Falls Church. He was a taxi driver before he enlisted in 1941.
R. Jacques “Jack” Martin, US Navy EM3C, USS Henry R. Mallory, KIA when his ship was torpedoed by German U-Boat U-402 in the North Atlantic 600nm SSW of Iceland on February 8, 1944. He lived with his family (including his older brother Paul) at 706 Lincoln Ave in W. Falls Church. He worked at C&P Telephone Company in Washington D.C.
Norman E. Leppert, US Marine Corps, PFC, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marines, KIA on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 18, 1944. He lived at 706 W. Broad St in W. Falls Church. He was a student at the University of Maryland at College Park.
James S. Sipes, US Navy, ENS, Bombing Squadron 17 aboard USS Hornet, KIA when his SB2C Helldiver failed to return to the USS Hornet operating IVO Iwo Jima on February 5, 1945. He grew up in Falls Church and moved to 1232 24th St. South in Arlington. He worked for the US Census Bureau.
about the VFW
The Veterans of Foreign Wars in the United States was founded in 1899 to assist the neglected veterans of the Spanish-American War. Membership grew to 5,000 by 1915, 200,000 by 1936, and to over 1.5 million by today. The Developing VFW was instrumental in the establishment of the Veterans Administration and the national cemetery system. Now there are some 9,000 posts in the nation and more than 200 in Virginia.
Our Mission
The VFW was established to assist veterans. Our mission is to foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts and to serve our veterans, the military, and our communities, and advocate on behalf of all veterans. The purposes of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies.
What We've Achieved
On the National level, among the VFW's most recent and important legislative victories was expanding college education benefits for military service members with the signing of the Forever GI Bill, and ensuring America's service members and veterans receive the care they deserve - whenever and wherever they need it - by passing the VA MISSION Act.
On the Local level, VFW Post 9274 is among the youngest of VFW Posts in regards to member demographics. Over 30% of our Members and Leadership Team have served in Iraq and Afghanistan or other recent engagements.
The Post regularly hosts fundraisers benefiting many charities including; TOPKATS Group, Inc (www.topkatsgroup.org) & PINUPS FOR PITBULLS (https://pinupsforpitbulls.org/). Additionally, the Post hosts numerous local events from business meetings, classes, church events to Quinceanera's, baby showers, and other social events in our banquet hall/venue which is available for public rental. VFW Post 9274 believes strongly in providing an active role in both our veteran and the local community.
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