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re: Is there a way to look up military vets?
Posted on 9/5/19 at 7:12 am to GREENHEAD22
Posted on 9/5/19 at 7:12 am to GREENHEAD22
Yes and burn pits
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Posted on 9/5/19 at 7:13 am to fr33manator
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Have them talk to another veteran. They’ll be able to suss out an imposter
Posted on 9/5/19 at 7:31 am to GREENHEAD22
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This post was edited on 10/12/22 at 6:49 am
Posted on 9/5/19 at 7:34 am to Cump11b
I was gonna say the DD-214. I found my dads yesterday from when he was in Vietnam.
Posted on 9/5/19 at 7:35 am to fishfighter
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First thing once someone gets out, they get one and once home, they would take it to their local court house and put a copy it into the records for safe keeping.
Vets are told to do this.
I guess my admin sucked. Lost mine, or thought I lost it. Filled out the form to get a new one for something. After 6 months of waiting I gave up.
Like 9 months later I got a copy of my DD-214 in the mail.
So if yall need a copy, fill it out now and you may get it sometime next year.
Posted on 9/5/19 at 7:36 am to geauxpurple
A lot of military records burned in a fire...especially from ww2. Call the national archives and start there
Posted on 9/5/19 at 8:14 am to geauxpurple
You have two options, one of which is to contact the national archives in St Louis and have them send you his files.
The other is to pay someone to go there in person and scan/copy the records in person. This actually isnt as expensive as it sounds as there are whole businesses set up to do this sort of research. I did this for my grandfather who served in the Navy during WWII and got results very quickly. I don't know if they are still around but I used a service called Golden Arrow. I just needed his serial number, when he got in and out of service and whether he was commissioned or enlisted.
Fortunately the Navy has almost all of the records from WWII, while the Army does not because of a fire.
The other is to pay someone to go there in person and scan/copy the records in person. This actually isnt as expensive as it sounds as there are whole businesses set up to do this sort of research. I did this for my grandfather who served in the Navy during WWII and got results very quickly. I don't know if they are still around but I used a service called Golden Arrow. I just needed his serial number, when he got in and out of service and whether he was commissioned or enlisted.
Fortunately the Navy has almost all of the records from WWII, while the Army does not because of a fire.
This post was edited on 9/5/19 at 8:16 am
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