Veterans' Service Records

Locations of Service Records

ARMY (includes Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces)

Status	Time Frame	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
Enlisted	1789 to November 1, 1912	NARA, Washington DC	N/A
Officer	1789 to July 1, 1917	NARA, Washington DC	N/A
Enlisted	November 1, 1912 to October 15, 1992 Note: Many records were destroyed by the 1973 Fire	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation.
Officer	July 1, 1917 to October 15, 1992 Note: Many records were destroyed by the 1973 Fire	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation.
All Personnel	October 16, 1992 to September 30, 2002	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
All Personnel	Discharged, deceased or retired on or after October 1, 2002 to December 31, 2013	U.S. Army Human Resources Command Note: records are stored electronically at AHRC but requests are serviced by: National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
All Personnel	Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 2014	U.S. Army Human Resources Command Note: records are stored electronically at AHRC but requests are serviced by: National Personnel Records Center	AMEDD Record Processing Center
All active duty, including active Army Reserve	All	U.S. Army Human Resources Command
All active and non-active duty National Guard	All	The Adjutant General (of the appropriate state, DC, or Puerto Rico)

AIR FORCE

Status	Time Frame	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (See General Officer Below)	January 1,1964 to April 30, 1994	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation.
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (See General Officer Below)	May 1, 1994 to October 1, 2004	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (See General Officer Below)	October 2, 2004 to December 31, 2013	Air Force Personnel Center HQ AFPC/DPSSRP	Department of Veterans Affairs
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (See General Officer Below)	January 1, 2014 to Present	Air Force Personnel Center HQ AFPC/DPSSRP	AF STR Processing Center
Current Active Duty – officer and enlisted (including National Guard on Active Duty) and TDRL	All	Air Force Personnel Center HQ AFPC/DPSSRP
General Officers retired with pay (Note: If deceased see "Officer and Enlisted" status blocks above.)	All	Air Force Personnel Center HQ AFPC/DPSSRP
Current Reserve, including retired reserve in nonpay status (Note: If retired but drawing retirement pay, normally age 60, see "Officer and Enlisted" status blocks above.)	All	Air Reserve Personnel Center Buckley AFB
Current National Guard Officers (not on active duty) or National Guard released from active duty	All	Air Reserve Personnel Center Buckley AFB
Current National Guard Enlisted, not on active duty	All	The Adjutant General (of the appropriate state, DC, or Puerto Rico)

NAVY

Status	Time Frame	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
Officer – Discharged, deceased, or retired	Before January 1, 1903	Archives I Reference Service Branch Washington, DC
Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	Before January 1, 1886	Archives I Reference Service Branch Washington, DC
Officer – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 1903 to December 31, 1963	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation	National Personnel Records Center Note: Navy medical are records filed separately from the OMPF. They are not accessioned records and remain subject to the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act restrictions.
Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 1886 to 1939 and 1940 to December 31, 1963	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation	National Personnel Records Center Note: Navy medical are records filed separately from the OMPF. They are not accessioned records and remain subject to the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act restrictions.
Officer – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 1964 to December 29, 1967 and December 30, 1967 to January 30,1994	National Personnel Records Center	National Personnel Records Center
Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 1964 to January 30, 1994	National Personnel Records Center	National Personnel Records Center
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 31, 1994 to December 31, 1994	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 1995 to December 31,2013	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 2014 – Present	National Personnel Records Center	BUMED Navy Medicine Records Activity
Current Active Duty, Reserve and TDRL– Officer and Enlisted	All	Navy Personnel Command

MARINE CORPS

Status	Time Frame	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 1964 to April 30, 1994	National Personnel Records Center	N/A
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	May 1, 1994 to January 1, 1999	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation	Department of Veterans Affairs
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2013	U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP)	Department of Veterans Affairs
Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 2014 to Present	U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP)	BUMED Navy Medicine Records Activity
Individual Ready Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve	All	Marine Forces Reserve
Current Active Duty, Officer and Enlisted, Selected Marine Corps Reserve and TDRL	All	U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP)

COAST GUARD Including: Revenue Cutter Service (Revenue Marine), Life-Saving Service and Lighthouse Service

Status	Time Frame	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
All – Discharged, deceased, or retired	January 1, 1898 to March 31, 1998	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation
All – Discharged, deceased, or retired	April 1, 1998 to September 30, 2014	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
All – Discharged, deceased, or retired	October 1, 2014 - Present	National Personnel Records Center	USCG HSWL SC Medical Administration
Current Active Duty, Reserve or TDRL	All	USCG Personnel Command

VOLUNTEERS

Status	Time Frame	Record Location
All Personnel	Military service performed by persons serving during an emergency and whose service was considered to be in the Federal interest, 1775 to 1902	NARA, Washington DC

CONFEDERATE STATES

Status	Time Frame	Record Location
All Personnel	Persons who rendered military service for the Confederate States government in its armed forces, 1861 to 1865	NARA, Washington DC

PENSION CLAIM FILES

Status	Time Frame	Record Location
All Personnel	Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service, 1775 to 1916	NARA, Washington DC

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT APPLICATION FILES

Status	Time Frame	Record Location
All Personnel	Claims based on wartime service, 1775 to 1855	NARA, Washington DC

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Status	Division	Record Location
Public Health Service	ALL - Commissioned Corps – active, inactive, terminated, retired	Division of Commissioned Corps Officer Support

SELECTIVE SERVICE

Holdings	Record Location
WWI Selective Service Records	Order copies of WWI Draft Registration Cards online
WWII - Vietnam Era Selective Service Records*	National Archives at St. Louis
After January 1, 1960	Selective Service System

*Please Note: men born from March 29, 1957 - December 31, 1959 were not required to register with Selective Service because the registration program was suspended when they would have reached age 18.

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