www.archives.gov Monday, October 29, 2007 Military Personnel Records Address and Directions Hours Contact Information The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) is the repository of millions of military personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th century. (Records prior to WWI are in Washington, DC.) NPRC (MPR) also stores medical treatment records of retirees from all services, as well as records for dependent and other persons treated at naval medical facilities. Information from the records is made available upon written request (with signature and date) to the extent allowed by law. This site is provided for those seeking information regarding military personnel, health and medical records stored at NPRC (MPR). If you are a veteran or next-of-kin of a deceased veteran, you may now use vetrecs.archives.gov to order a copy of your military records. For all others, your request is best made using a Standard Form 180. It includes complete instructions for preparing and submitting requests. Please Note: All requests must be in writing, signed and mailed to us at the address shown below. Address National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records 9700 Page Avenue St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 Directions The Military Personnel Records (MPR) facility of the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) is located in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, MO, about 10 miles west-northwest of the Gateway Arch. >From Interstate 170 take Page Avenue west for a mile, and turn left into the Federal Records Center (FRC) complex at the Spencer Avenue traffic light. From Interstate 270 take Page Avenue east for four miles and turn right at the Spencer Avenue traffic light. The Guard at the gate will provide further information about parking and building entry. Our research room is located at the east end of Building 100. Hours Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. (Closed weekends and Federal holidays) Contact Information Telephone: 314-801-0800 E-mail: MPR.center@nara.gov * Status Check: mprstatus@nara.gov * Fax: 314 801-9195 Checking the Status of Your Request by E-mail: Once you have allowed sufficient time for us to receive and process your request (about 10 days), you may check the status of your request by e-mail through our NPRC Customer Service Center at mprstatus@nara.gov. Please provide your name, request number if you have one, service number and social security number to allow us to access your request in our system. You will receive a return e-mail from us with a projected completion date for your request. Special Note on Calling by Phone: If you have already submitted a request and need to know its status you may speak to a Customer Service Representative. Our peak calling times are weekdays between 10:00 am CST and 3:00 pm CST. Staff is available to take your call as early as 7:00 am and as late as 5:00 pm cst. This number will allow you to hold until a technician is available to help you. Special Note on Contacting by E-mail: Requests for military personnel records or information from them cannot be accepted by e-mail at this time. The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Department of Defense directives require a written request, signed and dated, to access information from military personnel records. Our e-mail address should only be used only to request general information (hours of operations, procedures, and forms) or to submit compliments, complaints or concerns. Please review these web pages for information before contacting us. NOTE: If you send messages using WebTV or a free e-mail service, you will not receive our response if your mailbox is full. Messages sent to full mailboxes are returned to us as "undeliverable". You may wish to include your mailing address in your message so that we may respond via the U.S. Postal Service. Page URL: http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/index.html *********************** From http://www.avotaynu.com/nu/V08N20.htm Military Personnel Files Released by U.S. Government The U.S. National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) for the first time will open all of the individual Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) of those who served and were discharged, retired or died while in the service prior to 1946. Collectively, these files comprise more than six million records. The contents of these files outline all elements of military service, including assignments, evaluations, awards and decorations, education and training, demographic information, some medical information and documented disciplinary actions. Some records also contain photographs of the individual and official correspondence concerning military service. These files are open only to the veteran him/herself, if living, or next of kin, which can be father, mother, son, daughter, sister or brother. Interestingly a surviving spouse can gain access only if not remarried. To obtain copies of records, customers may write to NPRC at 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63132, fax a request to 314-801-9195, or submit a request through http://vetrecs.archives.gov or on a Standard Form 180. Information about records available at NPRC is also posted on the National Personnel Records Center Homepage at http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/index.html.