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Web Link Military Personnel Files
The National Personnel Records Center of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), located in St. Louis, Missouri, holds military service records from World War I on, and is the official repository for records of military personnel discharged from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard in modern times. Requests for copies of records must be made in writing. Requests for copies of military service and pension records can be made by completing and sending NARA's Standard Form 180. Also, a veteran, or next-of-kin of a deceased veteran, may use eVetRecs to prepare a specific written request for copies of military records that can be printed and mailed. Note: In July of 1973, a fire destroyed millions of military personnel files. The affected records include 80% of Army personnel discharged from November 1, 1912, to January 1, 1960, and Air Force personnel with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E., discharged from September 25, 1947, to January 1, 1964. |
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Web Link NARA Standard Form 180
Requests for copies of military service and pension records can be made by completing and sending NARA's Standard Form 180 |
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Web Link Veterans' Burial Benefits
a Department of Veterans Affairs web page with details about Veterans' Burial Benefits. Benefits are available for burial in any national cemetary with available space, including opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family. Benefits are also available for burial in a private cometary, including a headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family. State veterans cemeteries also are available. |
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Web Link Presidential Memorial Certificates
The Presidential Memorial Certificate is a parchment certificate with a calligraphic inscription expressing the nation's grateful recognition of a veteran's service. The veteran's name is inscribed and the certificate bears the signature of the President. Certificates are issued in the name of honorably discharged, deceased veterans. Eligible recipients include next of kin, other relatives and friends. The award of a certificate to one eligible recipient does not preclude certificates to other eligible recipients. The veteran may have died at any time in the past. |
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Web Link Justice Interaction With Veterans
Website of Guy Gambill, an Army veteran specializing in justice interaction with veterans: "In the public response to Iraq-Afghanistan veterans returning to society and ending up in our justice systems there has been much that has been taken for granted...." |
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