Glen, I think you have a good chance of obtaining his full service record. The records destroyed in the fire were Army and Air Force - the Marines are part of the Navy. Go to the below web site and you will find instructions on how to apply for his records. I think you will find you have to download, or request, a form which you will send to St. Louis, Missouri. If you still can't get anything, I would give the enlistment records a try, but I'm sure how you do that from Wales. http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html Jim Dolan At 01:55 PM 07/19/2001, you wrote: > Jim > >I found your search for John Dolan very interesting >particularly about the enlistment records. I was >interested in finding my great uncle's Harry (Henry) >'Yi' Jones service record. According to his obituary >which Iva Hanson kindly found for me, 'He was a >veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict, >having served in the Marines.' I looked for sources on >how to get this information on the web and continually >came across the fact that the vast majority of these >records were destroyed as you said by fire. > >My question is to what extent? What are my chances of >finding anything like your super find in the >enlistment records? > >Would be grateful for your thoughts. > >Glen Jenkins >Swansea >Wales