from Building An American Pedigree by Norman E. Wright BYU Press 1974 pp. 337- 343 "Modern reocrds concerning personnel who have been separated fromt eh service are deposited in the National Personnel Records Center at St. Louis, MO. The records are not open to public inspection, but genealogical data will be provided close relatives upon application. Suffiecient identifying information must be submitted with a request in order for the personnel to locate the proper records; usually required are the name, service number, branch of service, and approximate time period. Records pertaining to personnel who are currently on active duty or on reserve status remaines with their units -- gnerally "Headquarters Company" or equivalent.. The Veterans Administration also has records pertaining to servicemen and women who have been separated from the armed services where pensions, insurance, or other benefits are concerned. Such records are generally housed in the nearest regional office to the home of the veteran or his family. Again, the records are confidential the genealogical facts from the files might only be available when proper credentials are presented." In my opinion, you are running into the 75 year privacy law that protects most of us in this country. Helen Hewitt Meigs County, TN