National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records 9700 Page Avenue St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 Tel: 314-538-4243 (Air Force records) Tel: 314-538-4261 (Army records) Tel: 314-538-4141 (Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard records) Fax: 314-538-4175 E-mail: center@stlouis.nara.gov (General information only, no e-mail requests for records.) http://www.nara.gov/regional/stlouis.html <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) is one of NARA's regional records services facilities. The center receives, stores, and services federal, military, and civilian personnel records at two facilities in St. Louis, Missouri: the Civilian Personnel Records (CPR) Building (which will be featured tomorrow) at 111 Winnebago Street, on the south side of the city of St. Louis and the Military Personnel Records (MPR) Building at 9700 Page Avenue in St. Louis County. The Military Personnel Records Building houses military personnel and medical records as well as the dependent medical records of former members of the United States Navy and Marine Corps. A July 12, 1973, fire at 9700 Page Avenue destroyed nearly all of the records pertaining to persons discharged from the Army before 1960 and about two-thirds of the records pertaining to persons discharged from the Air Force before 1964. Alternate record sources are used to attempt to document the service of such persons. Although stored and serviced by NARA, the military personnel records remain under the legal control of the Department of Defense and information from the records in released following rules set by the military services, not by NARA. Records held by the center include millions of military personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th century, medical treatment records of retirees from all services, and records for dependent and other persons treated at Navy medical facilities. The military personnel records include: Air Force: Officers and Enlisted beginning Sep. 25, 1947. Army: Officers separated beginning Jul. 1, 1917; Enlisted separated beginning Nov. 1, 1912. Coast Guard: Officers separated beginning Jan. 1, 1929; Enlisted separated beginning Jan. 1, 1915. Marine Corps: Officers and Enlisted separated beginning Jan. 1, 1905. Navy: Officers separated beginning Jan. 1, 1903; Enlisted separated beginning Jan. 1, 1886. (Earlier records are at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) Medical records include: Inpatient and outpatient clinical records for selected time periods (see http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprmpm.html for dates and a description of the records included). Inpatient, outpatient, dental, and mental health treatment records for military retirees, dependents, and others created at military health care facilities (see http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprmtr.html for more information). The July 12, 1973, fire destroyed about 80% of the records for Army personnel discharged between Nov. 1, 1912, and Jan. 1, 1960, and about 75% of the records for Air Force personnel with surnames from "Hubbard" through "Z" discharged between Sep. 25, 1947, and Jan. 1, 1964. NARA has more information about the fire at: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprfire.html Records available to veterans. Copies of most military personnel and medical records at NPRC are available to veterans or the next of kin free of charge. Requests must contain enough information to identify the record from among the more than 70 million on file at the center. The information needed to locate a record includes full name, military service number, branch, and approximate dates of service. Unit(s) of assignment and date and place of birth may also be helpful. For additional information on obtaining personnel records, see: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprpub1a.html For further information on obtaining inpatient medical records, see: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprpub2a.html Records available for genealogy. Only limited information can be released to the general public without the written authorization of the veteran or next of kin, and NARA may charge fees for copies sent to other than the veteran or next of kin. Information that may be released includes name, age or date of birth, dates of service, source of commission, rank/grade and date attained, marital status, promotion sequence number, city, state, and date of last known address, serial or service number (but not social security number), places of induction and separation, duty assignments, dependents, (including name, sex, and age), unclassified records of court martial trials, military education and schooling, information about decorations and awards, and for deceased veterans, the places of birth, death, and burial. For more information, see: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprpub1b.html Standard Form 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records, which is recommended but not mandatory, can be downloaded from NARA at: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprsf180.html Additional information is available on NARA's Web site, starting at: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html and on NARA's fax on demand system at 301-713-6905. Requests from federal agencies and veterans (or next of kin) take precedence over requests from the general public. Because of the workload, NARA requests "Please do not send a follow-up request before 90 days have elapsed as it may cause further delays." Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com