Veterans' Service Records

Locations of Service Records

 

 

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)

 

 

 

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) 

 

 

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  

 

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)

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

Status

Time Frame

Record Location

All Personnel 

Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service, 1775 to 1916

NARA, Washington DC

Status

Time Frame

Record Location

All Personnel 

Claims based on wartime service, 1775 to 1855

NARA, Washington DC

 

Status

Division

Record Location

Public Health Service

ALL - Commissioned Corps – active, inactive, terminated, retired

Division of Commissioned Corps Officer Support

 

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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