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Administrations Offices, (7) Local Veterans Service organizations, (8) =
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County Veterans Offices<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>FAX NUMBER:<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>314-801-9195<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black">MAILING ADDRESS:<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>=93</SPAN>National Personnel =
Records=20
Center, Military Personnel Records<SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black">, 9700 =
Page Avenue,=20
Saint Louis, Missouri 63132-5100=94<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>The minimum information needed =
is the=20
veteran=92s Name used while in the military, Veterans SSAN, Veteran=92s =
Date of=20
Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>Additional information that =
will speed up=20
the search of a Veteran=92s records is: What branch of service, Dates of =
Service,=20
Officer or Enlisted, and Military Service Number.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Also was the veteran on =
=93Active=20
Service=94, =93Reserve Service=94, or =93National =
Guard=94<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>With nothing else but the =
basic Veterans=20
information and using the US Mail system both ways it took 7 months to =
receive=20
my Father-In-Law military records.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>His period of service was from July 1941 to Oct=20
1963.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>Once I got these records I =
scan them (All=20
92 pages) and then went through them with a fine tooth comb.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I discovered he had been =
married=20
previously.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>His address =
when he=20
entered the US Army, what his occupation was prior to coming into the=20
military.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>His mother=92s =
address and=20
his sister married name and address.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>These records also include all =
his awards=20
and decorations.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>And a =
point I=20
would like to make is that as the next of kin you can request a complete =
set of=20
the Veteran=92s military decorations.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Use the same =93Standard Form 180=94 as you did to obtain the =
veterans=20
records and sending it to the following address for those veterans who =
were=20
discharged or retired from the US Military.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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289.85pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>=93National Archives and =
Records=20
Administration<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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289.85pt"><FONT=20
face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black">=93</SPAN>National Personnel =
Records=20
Center</FONT></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>9700 Page=20
Avenue<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>Saint Louis, Missouri=20
63132-1547<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>Request and inquiries for =
reservists=20
should be sent to:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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289.85pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>=93National Archives and =
Records=20
Administration<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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289.85pt"><FONT=20
face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black">=93</SPAN>National Personnel =
Records=20
Center</FONT></P>
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style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>One Reserve=20
Way<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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289.85pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>Saint Louis, Missouri=20
63132-5100<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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289.85pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>An acceptable statement for =
requesting a=20
replacement of a Veteran medals and awards would be that the original =
medals and=20
awards have been lost, stolen or were never issued.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>(Pick One).<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>To expedite this process =
enclosed copies=20
of any documentation you received when you got the veterans military=20
records. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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289.85pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>Eugene =
Melvin</FONT></SPAN></P>
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289.85pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><FONT face=3DArial>Portland,=20
Oregon</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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