Access DD-214 On-Line - (Site for REQUESTING records)

Focus on Freedom ^ | 14 Aug 2005

[hombre_sincero]

Access DD-214 On-Line

 

eVetRecs: Request Copies of Military Personnel Records
National Archives

Info - you can now access your DD-214 on-line. Please pass this information on to retired military personnel you may know.

The National Personnel Records Center has provided the following website for veterans to access their DD-214 online:
http://vetrecs.archives.gov

This may be particularly helpful when a veteran needs a copy of his DD-214 for employment purposes. Please see the details below.

The National Personnel Records Center is working to make it easier for veterans with computers and Internet access to obtain copies of documents from their military files.

Military veterans and the next of kin of deceased former military members may now use a new online military personnel records system to request documents. Other individuals with a need for documents must still complete the Standard Form 180 which can be downloaded from the online web site.

The new web-based application was designed to provide better service on these requests by eliminating the records center's mailroom processing time.

Also, because the requester will be asked to supply all information essential for NPRC to process the request, delays that normally occur when NPRC has to ask veterans for additional information will be minimized.

Veterans and next of kin may access this application at:

http://vetrecs.archives.gov

[bfree]

I did this a few months ago and received it within 2 weeks.

[William Tell]

My uncle was shot down also, surviving over a year in a POW camp. Try the link below. Perhaps you will find information the way I did for my uncle. There may be other groups with web sites now.

www.303rdbg.com

If you like, send me a Freepmail with info and I will take a quick look for you.

[LibWhacker]

Had mine recorded at the county courthouse when I got out of the Army. Can always get a notarized copy there if I really need one. So now I have three sources: from storage (forget it; it'd take a major archaeological expedition to dig it out and find it there), from the county courthouse (forget it; it's a major bureaucratic PITA), or from this site (much better, thank you!).

Actually, I think I've only needed to come up with a copy of my DD214 once during the last twenty years (to buy a gun in California, of all things!).

BTW, when I was in the Army, there was an old sergeant in a unit nearby who had served in WWII, was honorably discharged, but who had gotten drafted again during the Korea War because of a selective service snafu. Since he couldn't find his DD214 and thus couldn't prove he had ever served, he was drafted back into the Army to serve in Korea. Supposedly, this was not an uncommon occurrence. This particular fellow ended up making a career of it and served another 20 years.

So it's always good to have access to your DD214!!!

[TAquinas]

No wonder I couldn't find my records. No nothing on me.

[The Mayor]

Thank you, I need a copy haven't seen it in years.

[wyattearp]

I scanned mine and saved it as a jpeg. Most employers accept it if it is sent electronically. (I'm looking for work right now, and have sent many copies this way).

[dljordan]

Boy, I've had to go through the process before and it's a mess. They told me they didn't know if they had the records because thet had a FIRE that destroyed a bunch of records. Incompetent boobs.

[bill1952]

This is so strange.
I remember my Father sitting at dinner saying the same thing. - They tried to draft him during the Korean conflict, but couldn't.

I never knew about such papers when I was a child, but I suppose that is how he proved his service.
He was quite indignant about it, as I remember.

[bill1952]

That would have been the fire at the Federal Records repository in St. Louis in 73?

80% or so of the records stored there are gone.

Maxwell AFB has a LOT of (missing) stuff for airmen, but it takes forever.

[LibWhacker]

It’s been 7 years since this was first posted. There must be at least one Freeper out there looking for his DD-214. So, time for this to go...

BTTT

[No Truce With Kings]

USS Tracy (DD-214)

USS Tracy (DD-214/DM-19) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Franklin Tracy.

Tracy was laid down on 3 April and launched on 13 August 1919 by the William Cramp and Sons' Shipyard, sponsored by Mrs. Frank B. Tracy, and commissioned on 9 March 1920, Commander Lawrence P. Treadwell in command.

Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114

Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia on April 3 1919.
Launched August 12 1919 and Commissioned March 9 1920.
Reclassified High Speed Minesweeper DM-19 June 30 1937.
Decommissioned January 16 1946.
Stricken February 7 1946.
Fate: Sold May 16 1946 and broken up for scrap.