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Finding Service Records
Individual Personnel Files
- The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is
the official repository for records of military personnel who
have been discharged from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps,
Navy, and Coast Guard.
- A veteran (or next of kin) may request his or her individual
military personnel file (201 file) by sending a request to the
National Personnel Records Center, Military Records Facility,
9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132-5100.
- Additional information about the contents of these personnel
files, instructions for submitting a request, and a downloadable
PDF copy of the request form may be found on the National
Personnel Records Center home page of the National Archives
and Records Administration Web site.
- Personnel records of civilians who worked for the various
branches of the military are also held by the National Personnel
Records Center. The address to write for these records is National
Personnel Records Center, Civilian Records Facility, 111 Winnebago
Street, St. Louis, MO 63118-4199.
Official Unit Records and Published Unit Histories
- Official government records documenting the operations of
individual units are also preserved at the National Archives
and Records Administration.
- Unit records for World War I can be found in Archives I Textual
Reference Branch, National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, DC 20408; telephone (202)-501-5430.
- Unit records for World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars
are in the custody of the Archives II Textual Reference Branch,
National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road,
College Park, MD 20740-6001; telephone (301)-713-7250.
- Contact the National Archives and Records Administration for
information on unit records pertaining to the Persian Gulf War.
- Some published unit histories are available in the general
book collections of the Library of Congress or at the military
history centers maintained by the various branches of service.
Morning Reports and Rosters
- Morning reports and rosters may also be of interest.
- Unit morning reports created from 1917 to 1974 (the year they
were discontinued) are in the custody of the National Personnel
Records Center, Military Records Facility, 9700 Page Boulevard,
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100.
- Rosters created from 1917 until the present are also located
at the National Personnel Records Center or at the Army Reserve
Personnel Center, both of which may be contacted at the address
above.
- Additional information may be found at the National
Personnel Records Center Web site.
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