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This report is a guide to locating individual service records and military unit histories from the
American Revolution to the present. This guide provides referral information for locating
individual service records of discharged and deceased veterans. It includes information regarding
locating and obtaining active service records. Also included are relevant addresses and websites
of government agencies, historical associations, and a select bibliography. This report will be
updated as needed.

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Active Duty Personnel .............................................................................................................. 1
Discharged, Deceased, or Retired Personnel............................................................................. 2
Military History Centers ........................................................................................................... 2
Additional Sources for Research............................................................................................... 4
CRS Reports.............................................................................................................................. 4
Select Bibliography................................................................................................................... 4

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Author Contact Information ............................................................................................................ 5

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Air Force and Air National Guard
U.S. Air Force Personnel Center
Tel: (800) 616-3775
HQ AFPC/DPSRP
(210) 565-5000
550 C Street, West, Suite 19
Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4721
http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/main_content.asp?prods2=2750&prods1=79

Air Force Reserve
Air Reserve Personnel Center/DSMR
Tel: (800) 525-0102
HQ ARPC/DPSSA/B
6760 E. Irvington Place, Suite 4600
Denver, CO 80280-4600
E-mail: arpc.contactcenter@arpc.denver.af.mil
http://arpc.afrc.af.mil/customerassistance/records.asp

Army and Army National Guard
U.S. Army Human Resources Command
Tel: (703) 325-0928
ATTN: AHRC-MSR
200 Stovall Street
Alexandria, VA 22332-0444
https://www.hrc.army.mil/indexflash.asp

Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve

Commander, (CGPC-adm-3)
Tel: (202) 493-1713
Coast Guard Personnel Command
(866) 634-0574
4200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100
Arlington, VA 22203-1804
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cgpc/adm/adm3.htm

Marine Corps and Selected Marine Corps Reserve
Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps
Tel: (800) 268-3710
Personnel Management Support Branch (MMSB-10)
(703) 784-3930
2008 Elliot Road
Quantico, VA 22134-5030
https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/portal/page?_pageid=278,1937138&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Marine Corps: Individual Ready Reserve, Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, or Inactive Reserve
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Tel: (800) 833-2320
Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps
(703) 784-9241
2008 Elliot Road (MMSB-20)
Quantico, VA 22134-5030
https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/portal/page?_pageid=278,1964575&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

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Navy, Navy Active Reserve, Navy Individual Ready Reserve and Inactive Reserve
Naval Personnel Command (PERS-312E)
Tel: (901) 874-4885
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN 38055-3120
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/questions/records.html
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Military Service and Pension Records
For military and pension records that are pre-World War I, contact:
National Archives and Records Administration
Old Military and Civil Records Branch (NWCTB-Military)
Washington, DC 20408
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1-records.html
For military records since the start of World War I, contact:
National Personnel Records Center
Tel: (314) 801-0800
Military Personnel Records
Fax: (314) 801-9195
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/index.html
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Air Force
United States Air Force
Tel: (202) 404-2264
Air Force Historical Studies Office
Fax: (202) 404-2232
AF/HOH
Research and Analysis Division
3 Brookley Avenue, Box 94
Bolling AFB, DC 20032-5000
E-mail: afhso.research@pentagon.af.mil
http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil

U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency
Tel: (334) 953-2395
600 Chennault Circle
Building 1405
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424
http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Tel: (937) 255-3286
1100 Spaatz Street
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/

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Army
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Tel: (202) 685-4042
Collins Hall
103 Third Avenue
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Washington, DC 20319-5058
http://www.army.mil/cmh

U.S. Army Military History Institute/
Tel: (717) 245-3971
U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center 950 Soldiers Drive
Carlisle, PA 17013-5021
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi

Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office (CG-09224)
Tel: (202) 372-4651
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
2100 Second Street, SW
Washington, DC 20593-0001
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/collect.html

Coast Guard Museum
Tel: (860) 444-8511
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
15 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320-4195
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/museum/museumindex.asp

Marine Corps
Marine Corps History Division
Tel: (703) 432-4874
3079 Moreell Avenue
Quantico, VA 22134
http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/

Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
Tel: (800) 397-7585
307 Fifth Avenue
(703) 640-7965
P.O. Box 998
Quantico, VA 22134-0998
http://www.marineheritage.org/

Merchant Marine
American Merchant Marine Museum
Tel: (516) 773-5387
300 Steamboat Road
Kings Point, NY 11024
http://www.usmma.edu/museum

Navy
Naval Historical Center
Tel: (202) 433-4882
805 Kidder Breese Street, SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060
http://www.history.navy.mil
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Alternate Record Sources of Military Service Data, Personnel-Related Records, and Medical-
Related Records at NARA
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/alternate-record-sources.html
Repositories of Primary Sources; website from the University of Idaho
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration
Nationwide Gravesite Locator
http://www.cem.va.gov
Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/vets
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CRS Report RS20900, D-Day: The French Jubilee of Liberty Medal, by Barbara Salazar Torreon.
CRS Report RS21474, Military Awards: Sources of Information, by Julissa Gomez-Granger.
CRS Report RS21545, Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked
Questions, by Mari-Jana “M-J” Oboroceanu.
CRS Report 95-519, Medal of Honor: History and Issues, by David F. Burrelli.
CRS Report RL30011, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2008, by Julissa Gomez-Granger.
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Beers, Henry Putney. The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the
Confederate States of America. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration,
1998.
Center of Military History. Order of Battle of the United States Land Force in the World War.
Washington: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1988. 3 v. v. 1: World War I.
Controvich, James T. United States Army Unit Histories: A Reference and Bibliography.
Manhattan, KS: Military Affairs/Aerospace, 1983.
——United States Army Unit Histories. 1987 Supplement: A Reference and Bibliography.
Manhattan, KS: Military Affairs/Aerospace, n.d.
——United States Army Unit Histories. 1992 Supplement “B”: A Reference and Bibliography.
Suppl. 2. Manhattan, KS: Military Affairs/Aerospace, n.d.
——United States Army Unit Histories. 1996 Supplement “C”: A Reference and Bibliography.
Suppl. 3. Manhattan, KS: Military Affairs/Aerospace, n.d.
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——United States Army Unit Histories. 1999 Supplement “D”: A Reference and Bibliography.
Suppl. 4. Manhattan, KS: Military Affairs/Aerospace, n.d.
Dinackus, Thomas D. Order of Battle: Allied Ground Forces of Operation Desert Storm. Central
Point, OR: Hellgate Press, 2000.
Dornbusch, C. E. Military Bibliography of the Civil War. New York: New York Public Library,
1971.
——Unit Histories of the United States Air Forces. New York: Arno Press, 1980.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York: T. Yoseloff, 1959.
Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1984.
——Vietnam Order of Battle. New York: Galahad Books, 1986.
U.S. Department of the Army. Office of Military History. Order of Battle of the United States
Army Ground Forces in World War II, Pacific Theater of Operations: Administrative and
Logistical Commands, Armies, Corps, and Divisions. Washington: Department of the Army,
1959.
U.S. Naval War Records Office. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War
of the Rebellion. Harrisburg, PA: National Historical Society, 1987. 30 v.
U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the
Union and Confederate Armies. Washington: GPO, 1880-1901. 70 v.

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Julissa Gomez-Granger
Kim Walker Klarman
Information Research Specialist
Information Research Specialist
jgomezgranger@crs.loc.gov, 7-8981
kklarman@crs.loc.gov, 7-6088

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