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In 1973, a fire at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, Missouri, destroyed the records held for Veterans who were discharged from the Army and Air Force during certain periods of time.

Find out these 2 forms if your records may have been destroyed in this fire, and how to reconstruct your records to support a VA disability compensation claim.

NA form 13055 (Request for info needed to reconstruct medical data)

NA form 13075 (Questionnaire about military service)

The Standard Form 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records (SF180), is used to request information from military records.

Certain identifying information is necessary to determine the location of an individual's record of military service. Please try to answer each item on the SF180.

Request Pertaining to Military Records

VSOs serve an important role in assisting military Veterans, Retirees, and their Next of Kin. This information is designed to assist VSOs obtain information from the National Personnel Records Center.

National Archives VSO info