Locations of Service Records
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Personnel Record Location |
Health Record Location |
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Enlisted |
1789 to November 1, 1912 |
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Officer |
1789 to July 1, 1917 |
N/A |
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Enlisted |
November 1, 1912 to October 15, 1992 |
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Officer |
July 1, 1917 to October 15, 1992 |
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All Personnel |
October 16, 1992 to September 30, 2002 |
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All Personnel |
Discharged, deceased or retired on or after October 1, 2002 to December 31, 2013 |
U.S. Army Human Resources Command |
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All Personnel |
Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 2014 |
U.S. Army Human Resources Command |
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All active duty, including active Army Reserve |
All |
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All active and non-active duty National Guard |
All |
The Adjutant General |
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Status |
Time Frame |
Personnel Record Location |
Health Record Location |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (Last Name HUBBARD thru Z) (See General Officer Below) |
September 25, 1947 – December 31, 1963 Note: Some records may have been destroyed by the 1973 Fire |
National Personnel Records Center | |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (Last Name A thru HUBBARD) (See General Officer Below) |
September 25, 1947 – December 31, 1963 | National Personnel Records Center | |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (See General Officer Below) |
January 1,1964 to April 30, 1994 |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (See General Officer Below) |
May 1, 1994 to October 1, 2004 |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (See General Officer Below) |
October 2, 2004 to December 31, 2013 |
Air Force Personnel Center Note: records are stored electronically at ARMS but requests are serviced by: |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired (See General Officer Below) |
January 1, 2014 to Present |
Air Force Personnel Center Note: records are stored electronically at ARMS but requests are serviced by: |
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Current Active Duty – officer and enlisted (including National Guard on Active Duty) and TDRL |
All |
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General Officers retired with pay (Note: If deceased see "Officer and Enlisted" status blocks above.) |
All |
Air Force Personnel Center |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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 | |
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Officer – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 1903 to December 31, 1963 |
National Personnel Records Center |
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Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 1886 to 1939 and 1940 to December 31, 1963 |
National Personnel Records Center |
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Officer – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 1964 to December 29, 1967 and |
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Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 1964 to January 30, 1994 |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 31, 1994 to December 31, 1994 |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 1995 to December 31,2013 |
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| 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 |
| Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired | 1895 - 1904 | National Personnel Records Center | |
| Officer – Discharged, deceased, or retired | Before 1905 | Archives I Reference Service Branch Washington, DC | |
| Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired | January 1, 1905 - 1939 and 1940 - December 31, 1963 | National Personnel Records Center | 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 | 1905 – December 31, 1963 | National Personnel Records Center | 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. |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 1964 to April 30, 1994 |
N/A |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
May 1, 1994 to January 1, 1999 |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2013 |
U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP) Note: records are stored electronically at ORMA but requests are serviced by: |
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Officer and Enlisted – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 2014 to Present |
U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP) Note: records are stored electronically at ORMA but requests are serviced by: |
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Individual Ready Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve |
All |
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Current Active Duty, Officer and Enlisted, Selected Marine Corps Reserve and TDRL |
All |
U.S. Marine Corps, Manpower Management Records & Performance Branch (MMRP) |
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Status |
Time Frame |
Personnel Record Location |
Health Record Location |
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All – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
January 1, 1898 to March 31, 1998 |
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All – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
April 1, 1998 to September 30, 2014 |
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All – Discharged, deceased, or retired |
October 1, 2014 - Present |
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Current Active Duty, Reserve or TDRL |
All |
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Status |
Time Frame |
Record Location |
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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 |
Status |
Time Frame |
Record Location |
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All Personnel |
Persons who rendered military service for the Confederate States government in its armed forces, 1861 to 1865 |
Status |
Time Frame |
Record Location |
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All Personnel |
Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service, 1775 to 1916 |
Status |
Time Frame |
Record Location |
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All Personnel |
Claims based on wartime service, 1775 to 1855 |
Status |
Division |
Record Location |
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Public Health Service |
ALL - Commissioned Corps – active, inactive, terminated, retired |
Holdings |
Record Location |
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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.