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Military Service Records, NARA Holdings

RECORDS LOCATION TABLE
Service Branch Records	Washington, DC Holdings	Other Records
Army	Volunteers	Public Health Service
Air Force	Confederate States	Selective Service
Navy	Pension Claim Files
Marine Corps	Bounty Land Warrant Application Files
Coast Guard

ARMY
(includes Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces)

Dates of Service	Rank	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
1789 to November 1, 1912	Enlisted	NARA, Washington DC	N/A
1789 to July 1, 1917	Officer	NARA, Washington DC	N/A
November 1, 1912 to October 15, 1992 Note: Many records were destroyed by the 1973 Fire	Enlisted	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation
July 1, 1917 to October 15, 1992 Note: Many records were destroyed by the 1973 Fire	Officer	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation
October 16, 1992 to September 30, 2002	All Personnel	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
Discharged, deceased or retired on or after October 1, 2002	All Personnel	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 active duty, including active National Guard and Army Reserve	All Personnel	U.S. Army Human Resources Command
National Guard not on active duty	All Personnel	U.S. Army Human Resources Command

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AIR FORCE

Dates of Service	Rank	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
September 24, 1947 to May 1, 1994 Note: Many records were destroyed by the 1973 Fire	All Personnel	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation
May 1, 1994 to September 30, 2004	All Personnel	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
Discharged, deceased or retired from active duty on or after October 1, 2004	All Personnel	Air Force Personnel Center HQ AFPC/DPSSRP	Department of Veterans Affairs
Active (including National Guard on active duty in the Air Force), TDRL, or general officers retired with pay	All Personnel	Air Force Personnel Center HQ AFPC/DPSSRP
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 HQ ARPC/DPTOCW (Contact Center)
Current National Guard enlisted not on active duty in the Air Force	All Personnel	The Adjutant General (of the appropriate state, DC, or Puerto Rico)

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NAVY

Dates of Service	Rank	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
1798 to 1885	Enlisted	NARA, Washington DC	N/A
1798 to 1902	Officer	NARA, Washington DC	N/A
1885 to January 30, 1994	Enlisted	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation
1902 to January 30, 1994	Officer	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation
January 31, 1994 to December 31, 1994	All Personnel	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 1995	All Personnel	Navy Personnel Command	Department of Veterans Affairs
Active, reserve or TDRL	All Personnel	Navy Personnel Command

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MARINE CORPS

Dates of Service	Rank	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
1798 to 1904	All Personnel	NARA, Washington DC	N/A
1905 to April 30, 1994	All Personnel	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation
May 1, 1994 to December 31, 1998	All Personnel	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
Discharged, deceased or retired on or after January 1, 1999	All Personnel	HQ U.S. Marine Corps	Department of Veterans Affairs
Individual Ready Reserve	All Personnel	Marine Forces Reserve
Active, Selected Marine Corps Reserve, TDRL	All Personnel	HQ U.S. Marine Corps

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

Dates of Service	Rank	Personnel Record Location	Health Record Location
Discharged, deceased or retired prior to December 31, 1897	All Personnel	NARA, Washington DC	N/A
January 1, 1898 to March 31, 1998	All Personnel	National Personnel Records Center Note: Personnel records are Archival 62 years after the service member's separation
Discharged, deceased or retired from active duty on or after April 1, 1998	All Personnel	National Personnel Records Center	Department of Veterans Affairs
Active, Reserve or TDRL	All Personnel	USCG Personnel Command

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VOLUNTEERS

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	NARA, Washington DC

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CONFEDERATE STATES

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	NARA, Washington DC

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PENSION CLAIM FILES

Dates of Service	Rank	Record Location
Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service, 1775 to 1916	All Personnel	NARA, Washington DC

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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT APPLICATION FILES

Dates of Service	Rank	Record Location
Claims based on wartime service, 1775 to 1855	All Personnel	NARA, Washington DC

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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Division	Rank	Record Location
Commissioned Corps Only	Officer	Division of Commissioned Corps Officer Support

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SELECTIVE SERVICE

Holdings	Record Location
WWI Selective Service Records	Order copies of WWI Draft Registration Cards online
WWII - Vietnam Era Selective Service Records*	National Personnel Records Center
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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