Veterans Records Burned Fire

On July 12 1973 a fire at the National Personnel Records Center NPRC in St.

Veterans records burned fire. Or the Air Force between September 25 1947 and January 1 1964. DD214s and the 1973 NPRC Fire a Record Loss On July 12 1973 a disastrous fire at the NPRC destroyed approximately 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files. In September 1940 as the result of a fire caused by an incendiary bomb at the War Office Record Store in Arnside Street London approximately two thirds of 65 million soldiers documents for the First World War were destroyed. Your records may have been destroyed in the fire if you were discharged from either.

1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center National Personnel Records Center The personnel files for as many as 18 million veterans were either burned up or destroyed by the water used to fight the fire. The fire destroyed 75 percent of the records of veterans who were discharged from the Air Force between Sept. On July 12 1973 a disastrous fire at the National Personnel Records Center NPRC destroyed approximately 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files OMPF. Louis Missouri that destroyed approximately 1618 million Official Military Personnel Files OMPF documenting the service history of former military personnel discharged from 1912 to 1964.

Louis Missouri fire of 1973 they are not eligible for benefits that is plain wrong. The 1973 Fire National Personnel Records Center. MPRC the custodian of military service records lost approximately 1618 million official military personnel records as a result of the fire. Many veterans are under the impression that just because their military records were ruined in St.

The usefulness of the morning reports cannot be overstated since many of the details recorded in these daily unit records mirror those which were lost when your veterans file was burned in the 1973 fire. Louis Missouri fire of 1973. Here is an example of an Army morning report from WWII. And 75 of the Air Force records from 25 Sep 1947 to 1 Jan 1964.

As part of the reconstruction the entire sixth floor was removed owing to the extensive damage resulting in the current structures now consisting of five floors. Since that time countless numbers of veterans have been fired up by responses to inquiries and benefits applications that include the now infamous Your records were burned. On July 12 1973 a fire broke out at the National Personnel Records Center NPRC in St. When veterans dont have copies of their military records and their files may have been lost in the fire at the National Personnel Records Center NPRC in St.

Louis National Personnel Records Center NPRC destroyed approximately 80 of Army personnel records from 1 Nov 1912 to 1 Jan 1960. According to VA 80 of the records for veterans discharged from the Amy between November 1 1912 and January 1 1960 were destroyed in the fire. 1 1964 with surnames beginning with Hubbard through the end of the. Louis fire in 1973 information about.

No one knows exactly how many however because there were no indices and no copies of the files. The fire destroyed 75 of the. No one knows what started the fire but the devastation was clear. Army personnel discharged November 1 1912 to January 1 1960.

The Army between November 1 1912 and January 1 1960. The fire destroyed 80 of the records held for Veterans. In all between 16 to 18 million military service files including those for WWI and WWII were destroyed. The NPRC records fire is 42-year old news yet even today it continues to impact the lives of our most sacred Veterans and their dependents and survivors.

The affected record collections included. The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973 also known as the 1973 National Archives fire was a fire that occurred at the Military Personnel Records Center in Overland Missouri a suburb of St. A Study in Disaster. 25 1947 and Jan.

The 1973 fire destroyed the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center and greatly affected the fifth floor with water damage. The NPRC records fire of 1973 destroyed up to 18 million WWI WWII and Korean War Veterans personnel records. Those records which survived were mostly charred or water damaged and unfit for consultation and became known as. The National Personnel Records Center NPRC Fire.

16-18 million veterans records were destroyed including an estimated 80 percent of Army personnel discharged between 1912 and. Louis on July 12 1973 striking a severe blow to the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States. Louis destroyed records held for Veterans who were discharged from the Army and Air Force. Records Held for Army Veterans.

For more than 30 years many a veteran has been faced with the chilling reality of discovering that their military service records had gone up in smoke in a St. The fire destroyed service records for veterans of the Air Force and Army. The July 12 1973 fire at the St. WASHINGTON July 23 2018 The National Archives and Records Administration recently marked the 45th anniversary of a devastating fire at the National Personnel Records Center NPRC in St.