TIP #173 - MILITARY AND CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT RECORDS Where can I find military and civilian government employee records? The following information has been gathered from several sources, including various books, web sites and from references made by Daily News from Ancestry. My thanks to everyone, unknown to me, who took the time to put everything together! Many of these cover all states, not just Kentucky. When an e-mail address is given, you need to inquire of them the steps necessary to obtain the information. Some might not provide the information to the general public! Each link shown below will take the reader to other sites - this is just a sampling. AIR FORCE: U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency: HQ AFHRA/RSA, 600 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424 or E-mail: AFHRANEWS1%RS%AFHRA@MAX1.au.af.mil http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/ ARMY: Army Center for Military History, 1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-3402, Tel: 202-761-5413 E-mail: cmhweb@cmh-smtp.army.mil. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm U.S. Army Military History Institute, 22 Ashburn Drive, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA 17013, Tel: 717-245-3611 or E-mail: MHI-SC@carlisle-emh2.army.mil (Special Collections); MHI-AR@carlisle-emh2.army.mil (Archives Collection); MHI-HR@carlisle-emh2.army.mil (Historical Reference) http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ COAST GUARD: U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office (G-CP-4), 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593, Tel: 202-267-0948. E-mail: rbrowning@comdt.uscg.mil, sprice@comdt.uscg.mil or http://www.dot.gov/dotinfo/uscg/hq/g-cp/history/collect.html MARINE CORPS: Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Building 58 Ninth and M Streets, SE. Washington, DC 20374-0580. Tel: 202-433-3483 or http://www.usmc.mil/ NAVY: Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, 901 M Street, SE, Washington, DC 20374-5060 Library: Tel: 202-433-4132 or Fax: 202-433-9553 Museum: Tel: 202-433-4882 or Fax: 202-433-8200 Operational Archives: Fax: 202-433-2833 Ships History Branch: Tel: 202-433-3643 or Fax: 202-433-6677 http://www.history.navy.mil/ CIVIL WAR: Finding information on your Civil War soldiers: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/cwss4.html Grand Army of the Republic: http://pages.prodigy.com/CGBD86A/garhp.htm 14th Ky Volunteer Infantry (USA): http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1365/ Sons of Confederate Veterans Home Page: http://www.scv.org/ KOREAN CONFLICT: State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Library of Congress: http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html VIET NAM: State-level Lists of Casualties from the Vietnam Conflict (1957-) http://www.nara.gov/nara/electronic/korvnsta.html or http://www.no-quarter.org/ WORLD WAR II: Archival Holdings Related to World War II Checklist, NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel) http://www.nara.gov/regional/findaids/lagww2.html Pearl Harbor List of Casualities: http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena/activity/a/afrotc/www/names GENERAL: Medals of Honor: List of Medal of Honor recipients by conflict with information about each honoree) http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm NARA's Military Personnel Records Center: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprhelp.html NARA - Post Office Records: http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/postal.html Sawtelle Disabled Veterans Home, Los Angeles List of Case Files (1888-1933) http://www.nara.gov/regional/findaids/lagdav.html National Cemetery System: Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. Tel: 202-273-5221 E-mail: ncscss@mail.va.gov or http://www.va.gov/cemetery/index.htm National Personnel Records Center, Civilian Personnel Records, 111 Winnebago Street, St. Louis, MO 63118-4199 or Tel: 314-425-5761 or Fax: 314-425-5719 or E-mail: center@cpr.nara.gov (General information only, no e-mail requests for records) or http://www.nara.gov/regional/cpr.html Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, Tel: 202-233-4000 or 800-827-1000 http://www.va.gov/foia/index.htm National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records, 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 or Tel: 314-538-4243 (Air Force records) or Tel: 314-538-4261 (Army records) or 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 What is the NPRC? A wonderful write-up was recently given by "Daily News" by ANCESTRY which I would like to abstract here; this is available to be shared by them with permission. "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 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 (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 © Copyright 18 August 1998, Sandra K. Gorin, All rights reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Sandi Gorin - A Proud Kentucky Colonel 205 Clements Ave., Glasgow, KY 43141-3409 (502) 651-9114 PUBLISHING: http://members.tripod.com/~GorinS/index.html BARREN CO WEBSITE: http://ww4.choice.net/~jimphp/barrenco/ ARCHIVES for ROOTSWEB: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl PRAYER&PRAISE: http://www.listbot.com/subscribe/prayerandpraise