Hero Stories for November 2009

How to Request Military Service Records or Prove Military Service Military personnel records can be used for proving military service, or as a valuable tool in genealogical research. Most veterans and their next-of-kin can obtain free copies of their DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) and other military and medical records several ways: Required Information Your request must contain certain basic information for us to locate your service records. This information includes: The veteran's compl...

Military Service Records and Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs, DD Form 214) If you've been discharged from military service, your personnel files are stored here at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). We are the official repository for records of military personnel who have been discharged from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard. Recent military service and medical records are not online. However, most veterans and their next-of-kin can o...

Request Copies of Military Personnel Records Welcome to our online military personnel records request system. Use our system to create a customized order form to request information from your, or your relative's, military personnel records. You may use this system if you are: A military veteran, or Next of kin of a deceased, former member of the military The next of kin can be any of the following: surviving spouse that has not remarried, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, or brother. If ...

Services and Resources For Veterans The National Archives and Records Administration can help veterans to obtain copies of their Military Service Records such as separation documents and medical records, and to get started with personal or historical research. We're also often the first step in obtaining important veterans benefits. eVetRecs: Request Copies of Military Personnel Records Welcome to our online military personnel records request system. Use our system to create a customized orde...

Pfc. Derrick D. Gwaltney, 21, of Cape Coral, Florida, died November 29, 2009, south of Basra, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Pfc. Gwaltney was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington. </d

Pfc. Derrick D. Gwaltney, 21, of Cape Coral, Florida, died November 29, 2009, south of Basra, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Pfc. Gwaltney was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington. </d

Petty Officer 3rd Class David M. Mudge, 22, of Sutherlin, Oregon, died November 28, 2009, in a non-hostile accident aboard USS Rentz while in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. Petty Officer 3rd Class Mudge was assigned to the USS Rentz with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group based in San Diego, California. </d

My son, a Navy Corpsman about to be deployed to Afghanistan, flew home from Hawaii on 10/31/09. With him having to leave on 11/13/09 we had to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas and his 11/22 birthday in less than two weeks. On 11/8/09 we celebrated "Thanksgiving" with the traditional meal, family and football. With the exception of the "date" it was by all intents and purposes "Thanksgiving" for us. My son, who loves dogs, had been after us for some time to get one since our family dog ha...

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Pfc. Michael A. Rogers, 23, of White Sulphur Springs, Montana, died November 27, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Hammer, east of Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Pfc Rogers was assigned to the 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. </d