WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Many of the 16 million World War II veterans are still missing from the registry at the memorial on the National Mall in Washington.
Since the registry was dedicated in 2004, about 2.1 million names have been added -- 1.5 million by the public -- The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday. About 6,000 new names are added each month.
Some veterans say the American Battle Monuments Commission, which maintains the registry, is not doing enough to publicize it, the newspaper said -- especially given that the men and women who fought in the war are aging and dying.
A spokesman for the commission, which has spent more than $4.5 million on the registry so far, said it stands by its efforts and will launch a new publication campaign after Veterans' Day.
No similar effort has been undertaken to list veterans of other wars.
