AUGUSTA – A day ahead of the Sept. 11 anniversary, Gov. John Baldacci on Monday announced a new Web page that honors service members from Maine who have given their lives since the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Thirty-three service members are listed on the state Bureau of Veterans’ Services “Gold Star Honor Roll” site.

In a statement marking Maine’s Week of Heroes, Baldacci said those who have made the ultimate sacrifice must not be forgotten.

“This Web page will serve as a reminder not only of what we have lost since September 11, 2001, but of the great caliber of our heroes,” Baldacci said. “They so enriched our state, and we will never forget their courage and commitment.”

The governor said Maine has proportionately more veterans than any other state, and that their tradition of service helps to define people of the state. He also noted that several laws relating to veterans and service members were enacted earlier this year.

One that passed with overwhelming legislative support creates a nine-member commission that will review all preventive health treatment practices and protocols, vaccinations and other medications administered to members of the Maine National Guard.

It was introduced at the urging of Barbara Damon-Day, the mother of Patrick Damon, a Maine Army National Guard captain who died in 2006 in Afghanistan. Damon-Day believes her son’s death may have resulted from the vaccinations he received before his deployment.

Damon is among those listed on the state’s new Web site: www.maine.gov/dvem/bvs/MaineFallenHeroes.htm.