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INDEX
If you are
seeking information from your own or someone else's military record,
please note the following: Under the provisions of the Privacy Act of
1974, we must have the written consent of the individual whose records are
involved before considering a request to review a record and/or to furnish
information/photocopies from the record. If the individual is a minor
dependent of a veteran, the parent or legal guardian must sign the
release. If the person is mentally incompetent, the legal guardian must
sign the release. (The legal representative or guardian must furnish a
copy of the court appointment.) For this reason, requests received over
the Internet CANNOT be acted upon.
The Privacy
Act of 1974 also provides for the release of information with the written
consent (signature) of the individual to whom the records pertain. The
Privacy Act does not apply to the records of deceased individuals;
however, Department of Defense instructions indicate that in such cases we
must have the written consent of the next of kin (NOK). For purpose of
release, the next of kin is defined as any of the following: unremarried
widow or widower, son, daughter, father, mother, brother or sister.
TO
REQUEST MILITARY PERSONNEL RECORDS
YOU NEED TO
OR:
·
Obtain a copy of Form
SF 180
·
Complete the form with the
fullest amount of info you know about the military service of the veteran
·
Send the completed
SF 180 to:
Mail: The
National Personnel Records
Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
Or,
FAX: 314 801-9195
TO
REQUEST MILITARY MEDICAL RECORDS
YOU NEED TO
*
1. obtain a copy of Form
SF 180
*
2. complete the form with the fullest amount of info you know about the
military service of the veteran
*
3. send the completed
SF 180 to:
FAX: 314 801-9195
Or,
MAIL:
National Personnel Records
Center
9700 Page Avenue
St Louis, MO 63132-5100
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*
4. The NARA Center holds the majority of military medical records.
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5. Only a veteran who has filed a VA claim would have medical records at a
VA Regional Office or the VA Records management center here in St. Louis,
MO. VA medical records are kept at 1 of 58 regional VA centers around the
country or at the national Veterans Administration Records Management
Center in St. Louis, (314) 263-2800.
*
5. Consult you local telephone directory for the address of your nearest
VA office, or phone toll-free, 1-800-827-1000.
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HOW
TO OBTAIN FORM SF 180 |
The 1973 Fire at the
Natl Personnel
Records Center (MPR)
On
July 12,
1973, a disastrous fire at NPRC(MPR) destroyed approximately 16-18 million
Official Military Personnel Files. The affected record collections are
described below.
|
Branch |
Personnel and Period
Affected |
Estimated Loss |
|
Army |
Personnel discharged
November 1, 1912, to January 1, 1960 |
80% |
|
Air Force |
Personnel discharged,
September 25, 1947, to January 1, 1964
(with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E.) |
75% |
No
duplicate copies of the records that were destroyed in the fire were
maintained, nor was a microfilm copy ever produced. There were no indexes
created prior to the fire. In addition, millions of documents had been
lent to the Department of Veterans Affairs before the fire occurred.
Therefore, a complete listing of the records that were lost is not
available.
NATIONAL
PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER
MILITARY PERSONNEL RECORDS
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
CHECKING
THE STATUS OF A CURRENT REQUEST/QUESTION
If you
have already sent in a SF 180 or some other type of written request
seeking information from us, and you are checking on the status of that
request, you should call our
Customer
Service Center at: (314) 801-0800.
Note: The
peak calling times are weekdays between
10:00
a.m. CST and 3:00 p.m. CST. Staff is available to take your call as early
as 7:00 a.m. and as late as 5:00 p.m. CST.
LOCATION AND FACILITY
INFORMATION
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday
through Friday,
7:30 a.m.
to 3:45p.m.
Closed weekends and Federal holidays
LOCATION
The
Military Personnel Records (MPR) facility of the National Personnel
Records Center (NPRC) is located in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, MO,
about 10 miles west-northwest of the Gateway Arch.
DIRECTIONS
From
Interstate 170 take
Page
Avenue west for a mile, and turn left into the Federal Records Center (FRC)
complex at the Spencer Avenue traffic light. From Interstate 270 take Page
Avenue east for four miles and turn right at the Spencer Avenue traffic
light. The Guard at the gate will provide further information about
parking and building entry. Our research room is located at the east end
of Building 100.
FACILITY INFORMATION
The
National
Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR), shares
the FRC complex with the U.S. Army, which administers its reserve
components from this site. MPR offices and records storage areas are all
located in the larger of the two main buildings, a 5-story structure which
opened in 1955 and covers nearly 5 acres. The Army occupies part of this
building and all of the adjacent office building, which opened in 1990.
STAFF CONTACTS/CUSTOMER
SERVICE LINES:
(314)
801-0800
Note:
Peak calling times are weekdays between
10:00 am
CST and 3:00 pm CST. Staff is available to take your call as early as 7:30
am and as late as 5:00 pm cst.
INTERNET E-MAIL ACCESS
NOTE: The E-Mail address below may only be used to contact the Military
Personnel Records facility to obtain information regarding the proper
method of submitting written requests for information contained in
military personnel records. The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) and
Department of Defense directives require a written request, signed and
dated, to access information from military personnel records.
No
requests for military personnel records or information from them will be
accepted at the E-Mail address below.
Internet
Email:mpr.center@nara.gov
Or
center@stlouis.nara.gov
National Archives and
Records Administration
URL: http://www.nara.gov/nara/frc/mprinfo.html
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