NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER

MILITARY PERSONNEL RECORDS

9700 PAGE AVENUE

ST. LOUIS, MO  63132-5100

GENEALOGICAL AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO RECORDS*

• Name
• Age (date of birth)
• Dates of service
• Source of commission
• Rank/grade and date attained
• Marital status
• Promotion sequence number
• Salary*
• Office phone number*
• City/town and state of last known address and date of this address
• Serial/service number (those issued prior to the use of the social security number as the service number)
• Decorations and awards
• Place of birth; date and geographical location of death; and place of burial+

• Military and civilian education level
• Photograph (or photocopy if only one photo is available)
• Place of induction and separation
• Duty assignments (including geographical location)
• Dependents (including name, sex, and  age)
• records of court-martial trial (unless classified)
• education/schooling (military)
• future assignments which have been finalized*
• duty status#

* These items obviously relate to active duty personnel and are not likely to be found in the records at this Center.

# For records at this Center this generally means discharged or retired.

+ If person is deceased, these items also may generally be released.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION                                                *NA FORM 13043 (REV. 5-94

POW NETWORK NOTE:

A FORM 180 [REQUEST PERTAINING TO MILITARY RECORDS] AND A WRITTEN FOIA REQUEST IS USUALLY REQUIRED TO GET ANY RECORDS.

FULL RECORDS CAN BE OBTAINED IF THE INDIVIDUAL CLAIMING POW [OR SEAL OR SPECIAL FORCES]  SIGNS THE FORM 180. IF the individual DOES NOT sign the form, only the above information noted in RED will be released if available.

FORM 180 - http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records/standard_form_180.html