United States
Coast Guard
Personnel World Wide Locator
Active Duty Member Information
The Coast Guard World Wide Locator has duty stations for active duty personnel.
To locate Active Duty Personnel Only:Send us an e-mail with the person's full name to CG Locator
Coast Guard Personnel Command does not have custody of crew lists or current addresses for former Coast Guard service members.
For all other inquires:
www.fredsplace.org
The Military Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington, D. C. 20408, holds copies of most deck logs. The Suitland Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington D. C. 20409 has custody of muster rolls.
The National Personal Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri has a repository of records for retired and separate military members.
You will need to fill-in Standard Form 180 to request military records information.
(http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/standard-form-180.html)
The address is:
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Ave
St. Louis, Missouri 63132
Individuals have also had success locating former and retired military personnel by placing advertisements or reunion notices in Coast Guard periodicals. These magazines have a combined circulation of several hundred thousand. Please contact the individual editors for assistance.