Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 7:56 PM > Original message - - > > > >The National Personnel Record Center that is responsible for maintaining > >archives of our military records is automating their storage and > >management of our military records. When this is complete they plan to > >destroy the hard copies of the records unless requested by the veteran or > >a deceased veteran's family to send those records to them. > > > >If a veteran or members of the deceased veteran's family wants to request > >those records be sent to them instead of being destroyed he/she can make a > >request by mail to: > > > >National Personnel Records Center > >Military Personnel Records > >9700 Page Ave. > >St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 > > > >or: > >make the request online at: > > > >http://vetrecs.archives.gov/ > >When you submit your request online, a signature form downloadable from > >the site can be sent to you for completion and submission. The National > >Personnel Records Center will then send you an e-mail acknowledging your > >request.