Veterans Records Lost In Fire

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.

Veterans records lost in fire. Electronic images of these records can be searched online through our partner website. The fire destroyed 80 of the records held for Veterans. Emil Limpert a World War II veteran who earned a Purple Heart was denied benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs earlier this year because his records had also been lost in the 1973. Louis fire in 1973 information about.

In this case the National Archives may have what is referred to as a reconstructed service file for your veteran. The NPRC records fire of 1973 destroyed up to 18 million WWI WWII and Korean War Veterans personnel records. The fire destroyed 75 of the. VA Disability Benefits are available to veterans whose military records were ruined 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. On July 12 1973 a devastating fire at the National Personnel Records Center NPRC in St. A Study in Disaster. The 20-30 that survived the fire are in this collection but many are only fragments or have suffered damage.

The National Personnel Records Center NPRC Fire. In all between 16 to 18 million military service files including those for WWI and WWII were destroyed. Louis on July 12 1973 striking a severe blow to the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States. They are in the hands of the National Archives and WO363 is the series number that relates to these records.

The fire destroyed 80 of the records held for Veterans. Decades after a fire destroyed millions of military service records technicians with the National Archives facility in St. The fire destroyed service records for veterans of the Air Force and Army. Your records may have been destroyed in the fire if you were discharged from either.

On July 12 1973 a fire broke out at the National Personnel Records Center NPRC in St. Today we are sharing the service story of WWII Staff Sergeant Charles Sexton. Louis Missouri damaged or destroyed approximately 1618 million Official Military Personnel Files documenting the service history of former military personnel discharged from 1912 to 1964. The records were affected by a fire in the building where they stored in 1940.

This series contains microfilm copies of the surviving records of service for non commissioned officers and other ranks who served in the 1914-1918 war and did not re-enlist prior to the outbreak of war in 1939. And 75 of the Air Force records from 25 Sep 1947 to 1 Jan 1964. Louis Missouri fire of 1973 they are not eligible for benefits that is plain wrong. The Army between November 1 1912 and January 1 1960.

Sextons family knew very little about his service during WWII and had only his discharge papers and a single letter that Sexton had written during the war. The fire destroyed 75 of the. Army personnel discharged November 1 1912 to January 1 1960. Louis National Personnel Records Center NPRC destroyed approximately 80 of Army personnel records from 1 Nov 1912 to 1 Jan 1960.

The Army between November 1 1912 and January 1 1960. The Long Long Trail The 1940 fire at Arnside Street Posted By. The affected record collections included. Louis Missouri fire of 1973.

MPRC the custodian of military service records lost approximately 1618 million official military personnel records as a result of the fire. The July 12 1973 fire at the St. 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. 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.

Louis still painstakingly search for and process the burnt and brittle. Like many Army and Air Corps veterans of WWII Sextons military service records were lost in the 1973 fire. Or the Air Force between September 25 1947 and January 1 1964. The 1973 Fire National Personnel Records Center.

On July 12 1973 a disastrous fire at the National Personnel Records Center NPRC destroyed approximately 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files OMPF. Many veterans are under the impression that just because their military records were ruined in St. Your records may have been destroyed in the fire if you were discharged from either. 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.

These records are now online at Ancestry.