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Request Military Service Records

Recent military service and medical records are non online. However, most veterans and their adjacent of kin can obtain free copies of their DD Grade 214 (Written report of Separation) and the following military service records whatsoever of the ways listed below.

How can I check on the status of my request?

Allow u.s. time to receive and process your asking earlier checking your request condition.

Please betoken whether y'all know your request number using the buttons below:

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You may also telephone the NPRC Customer Service Line (this is a long-distance call for nigh customers): 314-801-0800. Note: Our peak calling times are weekdays between 10:00 a.thou. CT and three:00 p.m. CT. Staff is available to take your phone call as early as vii:00 a.m. and as late equally five:00 p.m. CT.

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What if I'grand not the Veteran or adjacent-of-kin? Tin I nonetheless access files?

It depends on the date the service member separated from the war machine. Military personnel records are open to the public 62 years afterwards they exit the armed forces. (To calculate this, accept the current yr and subtract 62.) Records of any veteran who separated from the war machine 62 (or more) years agone tin can be ordered past anyone for a copying fee (detailed beneath under "cost"). Run into Access to Military Records by the Full general Public for more details.

But what if it's been less than 62 years?

Records of individuals who left serviceless than 62 years agone are subject to admission restrictions and only limited information or copies may exist released to the full general public within the provisions of the constabulary. The Liberty of Information Human activity (FOIA) and the Privacy Act provide balance between the correct of the public to obtain data from armed forces service records and the right of the one-time military service member to protect his/her privacy. See Federal Records Eye Programme to access these records.

Toll: Most basic requests are free but it depends on the discharge date. (Learn more)

Free if Discharge Date is LESS than 62 years ago:

Generally there is no charge for basic military personnel and medical record information provided to veterans, next of kin and authorized representatives from Federal (non-archival) records.

Some companies advertise DD Course 214 research services and will charge a fee for obtaining copies. This is provided every bit a free service by the National Athenaeum and Records Assistants.

Costs for Discharge Dates More than than 62 years agone:

There is a fee for records that are considered "Archival," which depends on the discharge date. If the request is made 62 years after the service member's separation from the armed services, the records are now open to the public and subject field to the public fee schedule (44 USC 2116c and 44 USC 2307). This is a rolling engagement, the current year minus 62 years. Learn more.

These archival requests crave the buy of the COMPLETE photocopy of the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF):

A routine OMPFs of 5 pages or less: $25 flat fee
A routine OMPF of 6 pages or more than: $lxx apartment fee (most OMPFs fall in this category)
Persons of Exceptional Prominence (PEP) OMPF: $.80 cents per folio ($20 minimum)

If your request involves a service fee, y'all will be notified as presently as that determination is fabricated.

Response Time (Larn more)

Response times from NPRC vary depending on the complication of your asking, the availability of the records, and our workload. Nosotros work actively to answer to each asking in a timely way, keep in heed we receive approximately 4,000 - 5,000 requests per twenty-four hours.

Please do not send a follow-up asking earlier 90 days have elapsed, as information technology may cause farther delays.

Who may request war machine service records?

You lot may request armed services service records (including DD 214) if you are:

A military veteran, or
Next of kin of a deceased, onetime fellow member of the military.
The next of kin tin be any of the following:
- Surviving spouse who has non remarried
- Father
- Mother
- Son
- Girl
- Sister
- Brother

Public access depends on the discharge engagement:

What information do I need for the asking?

Required Information:

Your asking must incorporate certain basic data for us to locate your service records. This data includes:

The veteran's complete proper name used while in service
Service number
Social Security number
Co-operative of service
Dates of service
Date and identify of birth (especially if the service number is not known).
If you suspect your records may have been involved in the 1973 burn down, also include:
- Place of belch
- Last unit of consignment
- Identify of entry into the service, if known.
All requests must be signed and dated by the veteran or adjacent of kin.
If you are the next of kin of a deceased veteran, yous must provide proof of death of the veteran such equally a copy of death certificate, letter from funeral habitation, or published obituary.

Recommended Information (optional):

While this information is non required, information technology is extremely helpful to staff in agreement and fulfilling your request:

Thepurpose or reason for your request, such as applying for veterans benefits, preparing to retire, or researching your personal military history.
Any other specific information, documents, or records you lot require from your Official Military machine Personnel File (OMPF) also your Report of Separation (DD Course 214).

For additional details on what information may or may not be included, please run into theSpecial Notice to Veterans and Family Members regarding requests for copies of war machine personnel and/or medical files.

Where to Send My Request

You lot tin mail or fax your signed and dated request to the National Archives' National Personnel Tape Center (NPRC). Be sure to use the accost specified (either in the instructions on the SF-180 or in our online organization, eVetRecs). Virtually, merely not all records, are stored at the NPRC. (Come across total listing of Locations of Military Service Records.)

NPRC Fax Number :
FAX: 314-801-9195

NPRC Mailing Address:
National Personnel Records Center
Armed forces Personnel Records
ane Archives Drive
St. Louis, MO 63138
PHONE: 314-801-0800*
*Our peak calling times are weekdays between 10:00 a.m. CT and three:00 p.m. CT. Staff is available to take your call as early on as 7:00 a.chiliad. and as late equally v:00 p.m. CT.

Please annotation that requests which are sent by Priority Post, FedEx, UPS, or other "express" services volition merely arrive at the NPRC sooner. They will not be processed any faster than standard requests. See the section in a higher place on emergency requests.

Other Methods to Obtain Armed forces Service Records

Other potential methods to obtain your records include:

Writing a alphabetic character
Contacting your state or county

Meet Other Methods to Obtain your Armed forces Service Records for more than details, or run into more information on admission to the general public.

Special Annotation on Contacting by Email: Requests for military personnel records or information from them cannot be accustomed by email at this time. The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 UsC. 552a) and Department of Defense force directives require a written request, signed and dated, to admission information from armed forces personnel records. Our email accost should simply exist used only to request general data (hours of operations, procedures and forms) or to submit compliments, complaints, or concerns.

Note: If you send letters using WebTV or a gratis-email service, you volition non receive our response if your mailbox is full. Messages sent to full mailboxes are returned to united states of america every bit "undeliverable." You may wish to include your mailing address in your message so that nosotros may answer via the U.S. Postal service.

How Can I Check on the Status of My Request?

Allow the states time to receive and procedure your request, then yous may check on the status. If you know your request number, click the Check Status button beneath to become to the check status page.

Check Status

If yous do non know your request number, please provide the post-obit information using the Online Condition Update Request grade.

Please provide:

the proper noun, accost and phone number of the requester, and
the veteran'southward co-operative of service to aid us to finding your request in our organisation.

You lot may also phone the NPRC Client Service Line (this is a long-distance call for most customers): 314-801-0800. Notation: Our top calling times are weekdays between 10:00 a.m. CST and iii:00 p.g. CST. Staff is available to take your call as early equally 7:00 a.m. and equally late as five:00 p.m. CST.