The county commissioners of each county of the first class in the State are hereby authorized and directed, at the expense of the county, to compile a record of the burial places, within such county, of deceased service persons. Such record, so far as practicable, shall indicate the name of each such person, the service in which he or she was engaged, the number of the regiment or company or command, the rank and period of service, the name and location of the cemetery or other place in which his or her body is interred, the location of the grave in such cemetery or other place, and the character of headstone or other marker, if any, at such grave. Such record shall be known as the "Veterans' Grave Registration Record of .............. County," and shall be a public record open to inspection during business hours.
16 P.S. § 8069