For the purpose of locating the burial places of persons who have served in the military or naval service, or other branches of the combative forces of the United States during any war in which the United States was engaged, the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, the American Legion, the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., the Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, and the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, through their local camps, posts and branches in this State, are authorized, without expense to the county, to collect the required data, and prepare and file with the county commissioners or the city commissioners of cities of the first class certificates embodying the information provided for in section one hereof.
16 P.S. § 8043