Locations of Service Records
Dates of Service |
Rank |
Personnel Record Location |
Health Record Location |
1789 to November 1, 1912 |
Enlisted |
N/A |
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1789 to July 1, 1917 |
Officer |
N/A |
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November 1, 1912 to October 15, 1992 |
Enlisted |
National Personnel Records Center |
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July 1, 1917 to October 15, 1992 |
Officer |
National Personnel Records Center |
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October 16, 1992 to September 30, 2002 |
All Personnel |
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Discharged, deceased or retired on or after October 1, 2002 to December 31, 2013 |
All Personnel |
U.S. Army Human Resources Command |
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Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 2014 |
All Personnel |
U.S. Army Human Resources Command |
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All active duty, including active Army Reserve |
All Personnel |
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All active and non-active duty National Guard |
All Personnel |
The Adjutant General |
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Dates of Service |
Rank |
Personnel Record Location |
Health Record Location |
September 24, 1947 to May 1, 1994 |
All Personnel |
National Personnel Records Center |
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May 1, 1994 to September 30, 2004 |
All Personnel |
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Discharged, deceased or retired from active duty on or after October 1, 2004 to December 31, 2013 |
All Personnel |
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Discharged, deceased or retired from active duty on or after January 1, 2014 |
All Personnel |
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Active (including National Guard on active duty in the Air Force), TDRL, or general officers retired with pay |
All Personnel |
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Reserve, retired reserve in non-pay status, current National Guard officers not on active duty in the Air Force, or National Guard released from active duty in the Air Force |
Various Personnel |
Air Reserve Personnel Center |
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Current National Guard enlisted not on active duty in the Air Force |
All Personnel |
The Adjutant General |
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Dates of Service |
Rank |
Personnel Record Location |
Health Record Location |
1798 to 1885 |
Enlisted |
N/A |
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1798 to 1902 |
Officer |
N/A |
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1885 to January 30, 1994 |
Enlisted |
National Personnel Records Center |
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1902 to January 30, 1994 |
Officer |
National Personnel Records Center |
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January 31, 1994 to December 31, 1994 |
All Personnel |
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Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2013 |
All Personnel |
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Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 2014 |
All Personnel |
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Active, reserve or TDRL |
All Personnel |
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Dates of Service |
Rank |
Personnel Record Location |
Health Record Location |
1798 to 1904 |
All Personnel |
N/A |
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1905 to April 30, 1994 |
All Personnel |
National Personnel Records Center |
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May 1, 1994 to December 31, 1998 |
All Personnel |
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Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2013 |
All Personnel |
U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP) |
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Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 2014 |
All Personnel |
U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP) |
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Individual Ready Reserve |
All Personnel |
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Active, Selected Marine Corps Reserve, TDRL |
All Personnel |
U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP) |
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Dates of Service |
Rank |
Personnel Record Location |
Health Record Location |
Discharged, deceased or retired prior to December 31, 1897 |
All Personnel |
N/A |
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January 1, 1898 to March 31, 1998 |
All Personnel |
National Personnel Records Center |
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Discharged, deceased or retired from active duty from April 1, 1998 to September 30, 2014 |
All Personnel |
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Discharged, deceased or retired from active duty on or after October 1, 2014 |
All Personnel |
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Active, Reserve or TDRL |
All Personnel |
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Dates of Service |
Rank |
Record Location |
Military service performed by persons serving during an emergency and whose service was considered to be in the Federal interest, 1775 to 1902 |
All Personnel |
Dates of Service |
Rank |
Record Location |
Persons who rendered military service for the Confederate States government in its armed forces, 1861 to 1865 |
All Personnel |
Dates of Service |
Rank |
Record Location |
Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service, 1775 to 1916 |
All Personnel |
Dates of Service |
Rank |
Record Location |
Claims based on wartime service, 1775 to 1855 |
All Personnel |
Division |
Rank |
Record Location |
Commissioned Corps Only |
Officer |
Holdings |
Record Location |
WWI Selective Service Records |
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WWII - Vietnam Era Selective Service Records* |
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After January 1, 1960 |
*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.