Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources

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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.

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

^{Air For}^{ce and}^{Air National G}^uard
^{U.S. A}^{ir Force Personnel Center}^{Tel: (800) 61}^6-37⁷⁵
^{HQ AFPC/DPSRP}^{(210) 56}^5-50⁰⁰
⁵⁵⁰^{C Street, West, Suite 19}
^{Randolph AFB, TX 7815}^0-4⁷²¹
^{http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/main_content.asp?}^prods2=²⁷^50&^pro^ds1=7⁹

^{Air For}^{ce Reserve}
^{Air Reserve Person}^{nel Center/D}^SMR^{Tel: (800) 52}^5-01⁰²
^{HQ ARPC/DPSSA/}^B
⁶⁷⁶⁰^{E. Irvington Place, Suite 4}⁶⁰⁰
^{Denver, CO 8}⁰²^80-⁴⁶⁰⁰
^{E-mail: arpc.contactcenter}^@arpc.^{denver.af.mil}
^{http://arpc.af}^rc.af.mil/^customerass^{istance/records.asp}

^{Army an}^{d A}^{rmy National Gu}^ard
^{U.S. Army Human Resou}^{rces Co}^mmand^{Tel: (703) 32}^5-09²⁸
^{ATTN: AHRC-MSR}
²⁰⁰^{Stovall Street}
^{Alexandria, VA 223}^32-0⁴⁴⁴
^{https://www.hrc.army.mil/indexflash.asp}

^{Coast Guar}^{d an}^{d Coast Gu}^ar^{d Reserve}
^{Commander, (CGPC-adm-3)}^{Tel: (202) 49}^3-17¹³
^{Coast Guard Person}^{nel Comman}^d^{(866) 63}^4-05⁷⁴
⁴²⁰^{0 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 11}⁰⁰
^{Arlington, VA 222}^03-1⁸⁰⁴
^{http://www.uscg.mil/hq/}^{cgpc/adm/adm3.htm}

^{Marine Cor}^ps^{and Selected Marine Corps}^Reserve
^Headquart^{ers U.S. Marine Corps}^{Tel: (800) 26}^8-37¹⁰
^{Personnel Ma}^nagement^Sup^port^{Branch (}^MMSB-10)^{(703) 78}^4-39³⁰
²⁰⁰⁸^{Elliot R}^oad
^{Quantico, VA 22}¹³^4-50³⁰
^{https://www.manpowe}^{r.usmc.mil/portal/page?_pageid=27}^8,19³⁷¹³^{8&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL}

^{Marine Corps: In}^{dividual Ready Reserve, Fl}^ee^{t Marine Corps Reserve, or Ina}^{ctive Rese}^rve
^{Commandant of the}^Marine^Corps^{Tel: (800) 83}^3-23²⁰
^Headquart^{ers U.S. Marine Corps}^{(703) 78}^4-⁹²⁴¹
²⁰⁰⁸^{Elliot R}^{oad (MMSB-20)}
^{Quantico, VA 22}¹³^4-50³⁰
^{https://www.manpowe}^{r.usmc.mil/portal/page?_pageid=27}^8,19⁶⁴⁵⁷^{5&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL}

^Navy,^{Navy Activ}^{e Reserve}^{, Navy Individual Ready Reserve and Inactive Reserve}
^{Naval Personnel Command (PER}^S-312E)^{Tel: (901) 87}^4-48⁸⁵
⁵⁷²^{0 I}^{ntegrity Drive}
^{Millington, TN 3805}^5-3¹²⁰
^{http://www.navy.mil/navydata/que}^{stions/records.html}

^Mili^{tary Service and Pension Records}
^{For military and pension records}^{that are}^{pre-World War I, conta}^ct:
^{National Archives and Records A}^{dministration}
^{Old Military and Civil}^{Records Branch (NWCTB-Military)}
^{Washington, DC 20}⁴⁰⁸
^{http://www.archives.gov/veteran}^s^{/military-service-records/}^pre-ww^{-1-records.html}
^{For military records since the sta}^{rt of World War I, contact:}
^{National Personnel Records Cen}^ter^{Tel: (314) 80}^1-08⁰⁰
^{Military Personnel Records}^{Fax: (314)}⁸⁰^1-91⁹⁵
⁹⁷⁰^{0 Page Ave}^nue
^{St. Louis, MO 631}^32-⁵¹⁰⁰
^{http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/index.html}

^{Air For}^ce
^{United States Air Force}^{Tel: (202) 40}^4-22⁶⁴
^{Air Force Historical Studies Office}^{Fax: (202)}⁴⁰^4-22³²
^AF/HOH
^{Research a}^{nd Analysis Division}
^{3 Brookley Avenue, Box 9}⁴
^Bol^{ling AFB, DC 20032-}⁵⁰⁰⁰
^{E-mail: afhso.research@}^pentagon^.af.mil
^{http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.}^mil

^{U.S. A}^{ir Force Historical Research Agency}^{Tel: (334) 95}^3-23⁹⁵
⁶⁰⁰^Che^nna^{ult Circle}
^{Building 1405}
^{Maxwell AFB, AL 361}^12-⁶⁴²⁴
^{http://www.au.af.mil/}^au/^afhra

^{National Museu}^{m of the}^{U.S. Air}^Force^{Tel: (937) 25}^5-32⁸⁶
¹¹⁰^{0 Spaatz Street}
^{Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 4}⁵⁴³³
^{http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mi}^l/

^Army
^{U.S. Army Center of Military History}^{Tel: (202) 68}^5-40⁴²
^Coll^{ins Hall}
¹⁰³^{Third Aven}^ue
^{Fort Lesley J. McNair}
^{Washington, DC 20}³¹^9-50⁵⁸
^{http://www.army.mil/cmh}

^{U.S. Army Military History Institu}^te/^{Tel: (717) 24}^5-39⁷¹
^{U.S. Army Heritage & Education}^Center⁹⁵^{0 Soldiers Drive}
^{Carlisle, PA 17013-5}⁰²¹
^{http://carlisle-www.army.mil/}^usamhi

^{Coast Guar}^d
^{U.S. C}^{oast Guard Historian’s Offi}^{ce (CG-09}²²⁴⁾^{Tel: (202) 37}^2-46⁵¹
^{U.S. C}^{oast Guard Headq}^uarte^rs
²¹⁰^{0 Second Street, SW}
^{Washington, DC 20}⁵⁹^3-00⁰¹
^{http://www.uscg.mil/hq/}^{g-cp/history/collect.html}

^{Coast Guard M}^use^um^{Tel: (860) 44}^4-85¹¹
^{U.S. C}^{oast Guard Academy}
¹⁵^{Mohegan A}^ven^ue
^{New London, CT 06}³²^0-4¹⁹⁵
^{http://www.uscg.mil/hq/}^g-cp/mus^eum/^museuminde^x.asp

^{Marine Corps}
^{Marine Corps}^{History Division}^{Tel: (703) 43}^2-48⁷⁴
³⁰⁷⁹^{Moreell Avenue}
^{Quantico, VA 22}¹³⁴
^http://hqi^net0^01.h^{qmc.usmc.mil/HD/}

^{Marine Corps}^{Heritage Fou}^ndation^{Tel: (800) 39}^7-75⁸⁵
³⁰⁷^{Fifth Ave}^nue^{(703) 64}^0-79⁶⁵
^{P.O. Box 998}
^{Quantico, VA 22}¹³^4-09⁹⁸
^{http://www.marinehe}^ritage.org/

^{Merchant Marine}
^{American Me}^rcha^{nt Ma}^{rine M}^use^um^{Tel: (516) 77}^3-53⁸⁷
³⁰⁰^{Steamboat Road}
^{Kings Point, NY 110}²⁴
^{http://www.usmma.edu/}^museu^m

^Navy
^{Naval Historical Center}^{Tel: (202) 43}^3-48⁸²

⁸⁰⁵^{Kidder Breese Street, SE}
^{Washington Nav}^{y Yard, DC 203}^74-5⁰⁶⁰
^{http://www.history.navy.mil}

Alternate Record Sources of Military Service Data, Personnel-Related Records, and Medical-
Related Records at NARA
http://www.archives.gov/ st-l ouis/military-personnel/alternate-r ecord-sources.ht ml
Repositories of Primary Sources; website from the University of Idaho
http://www.uida ho.edu/s pecial -c ollect ions/Other.Repos itories.ht ml
Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration
Nationwide Gravesite Locator
http://www.cem.va.go v
Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/vets
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.
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.

——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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