For info on obtaining military records, a DD-214, WD AGO 53-55, NAVPERS
or other service branch Statement of Release From Military Service please
see the following URLs.
MILITARY RECORDS: http://members.aol.com/forvets/htomr.htm
ONLINE VETERAN AND MILITARY PERSONNEL LOCATOR/REGISTRY:
http://www.amervets.com/registry.htm
(Information on Accessing the database: http://www.amervets.com/database.htm)
MEDAL REPLACEMENTS AND MEDAL DISPLAY RECOGNITIONS:
http://www.amervets.com/replacement/other.htm
GETTING RECOGNITION FOR A MEDAL YOU FEEL YOU
DESERVE: http://members.aol.com/forvets/htom.htm
FREE VETERANS DIRECTORY
http://members.aol.com/veterans/freedir.htm
SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY:
http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib46.htm
"AFTER ACTION" / "LESSONS LEARNED" BATTLE
REPORTS:
http://www.ntis.gov
MILITARY ERA PHOTOS
http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib3.htm
http://members.aol.com/forvets/library.htm
DD-214 DISCHARGE (SPN/SPD) Codes:
http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib25.htm
http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib45.htm
REBUILDING LOST DD-214'S: http://members.aol.com/forvets/dd-214.htm
WD AGO 53-55, NAVPERS, NG22 or other Release Statements:
http://members.aol.com/forvets/htomr.htm
ABOUT MILITARY RECORDS:
An original copy of your DD-214 should be located in your DD-201
(Master Personnel) file that is stored (if it was not destroyed) at the
National Records and Personnel Center in St. Louis MO.
For lost or destroyed DD-214's, you might ALSO contact your
REGIONAL Veterans Administration office. (Contact any VA Service Center or
VA Facility to get that address/phone-number). By law after January 1997
copies of (existing) DD-214's were transmitted to local (home of [discharge
date or current VA records address] Record) VA facilities. However, not
all DD-214's were available for transfer. You may need to order a copy to
be sent to your regional VA office. Use the form supplied at the RECORDS
link, above. And/or when convenient, visit any VA facility to order
(another) copy. (It's always best to duplicate any government request).
RECORDS (Mailing addresses):
- Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service,
1775-1916, and bounty land warrant application files based on wartime service,
1775-1855
- Regular Army enlisted personnel serving from 1789 through
October 31,1912, and officers serving from 1789 through June 30, 1917.
- Records relating to persons who served in the Confederate States
Army from 1861 through 1865.
- Volunteer service of persons serving during an emergency and
whose service was considered to be in the federal interest, during the
period 1775-1902.
- Morning Reports, pre-1917
- Unit operational records, pre-1939
- Unit rosters, pre-1917
Contact:
Archives I Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, D.C. 20408
(202)-501-5430
Morning reports, 1917-1974 (In 1974 the Army discontinued the
use of
morning reports and switched to PDC cards. PDC cards are also in
the custody of the NPRC.)
Unit rosters, 1917-present, Regular Army
Officers separated after June 30, 1917, and enlisted personnel
separated after October 31, 1912... Contact:
National Personnel Records Center
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
Unit operational records, 1939-1954, and 1954 to present for
units which served in Southeast Asia:
Contact:
Archives II Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road - College Park, MD 20740-6001 - (301)-713-7250
Unit operational records, 1954-present for units which did not
serve in Southeast Asia; Organizational History Files, 1955- 1979
Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Office:
SAIS-IDP-F/P, Suite 201
1725 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202-4102
DSN 327-3377; (703)-607-3377
Organizational History Files, 1980-present:
Organizational History Branch
U.S. Army Center of Military History
1099 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3402
DSN 763-5413; (202)-761-5413
Unit rosters, 1917-present, Army Reserve Veterans:
Army Reserve Personnel Center
ATTN: ARPC-SFR-SSD
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200
Public:
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center
ATTN: ARPC-IMP-F (FOIA)
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200
Unit Lineages and Honors:
Organizational History Branch
U.S. Army Center of Military History
1099 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3402
DSN 763-5413; (202) 761-5413
Awards for active duty personnel:
Military Awards Branch
Hoffman Building II, 200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332-0400
DSN 221-8699; (703) 325-8699
Awards for veterans:
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center
Veterans Services Directorate
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200
Official photographs, 1861-1988
Still Picture Branch
Special Archives Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
(301) 713-6660
Official photographs and videos
Defense Visual Information Center
1363 Z Street Center, March Air Force Base, CA 92518-2727
DSN 348-1505; (909) 413-1505
Motion pictures, 1898 to present:
Motion Picture, Sound & Video Branch
Special Archives Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
(301) 713-7060
Official papers:
US Army Military History Institute
Carlisle Barracks PA 17013-5008
DSN 242-3611; (717) 245-3611
Official US Army publications
Official publications:
US Army Publications Center
2800 Eastern Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21220-2896
DSN 584-2272; (410) 671-2272
Information concerning flags, colors, streamers, guidons, insignia,
&
uniforms (AR-840-10):
US Army Institute of Heraldry
9235 Gunston Road, Room S-112, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5579
DSN 656-4968/4969; (703) 806-4968/4969
US Army Air Forces records:
US Air Force Historical Research Agency
600 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424
DSN 493-5834; (205) 953-5834
Operations Reports/Lessons Learned (ORLL) and other primary source
material about Army units in Vietnam such as radio logs, unit journals, and
after action reports, are stored at the Textual Reference Branch,
National Archives, MD 20740-6001, 301/713-7250, fax 301/713-7482.
Roger Simpson,
Public Information Office
The American War Library
amervets.com
Veterans Information Exchange:
http://members.aol.com/warlibrary.share.htm
Veterans Registry:
http://members.aol.com\veterans\registry.htm
Veterans Resource Guides:
http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6.htm
Mailing address:
The American War Library
16907 Brighton Avenue
Gardena CA 90247-5420
Phone: 1-310-532-0634
Military and Veteran Resource Guides:
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World's Largest Online Personnel Registry:
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