The DD
Form 214, Report of Separation, is filed in the Official Military Personnel
File. Certain basic information is needed to locate military service
records. This information includes the veteran's complete name used while in
service, service number or social security number, branch of service, and
dates of service. The DD214 is the military members official records.
The Standard Form 180 is formatted for legal size paper (8.5" x 14").
Please print that way if your printer can accommodate that. If your printer
can only print on letter size paper (8.5" x 11"), select "shrink to fit"
when the Adobe Acrobat Reader "Print" dialog box appears.
Standard Form 180 (Request for Service Record - front)
Standard Form 180 (Request for Service Record - back)
A fillable version of the Standard Form 180, front and back, is also
available using the link below. It will allow you to type the needed
information into the form using your keyboard. You will still need to
print, sign and mail the form. Otherwise, it works the same as stated
above.
Standard Form 180 (Request for Service Record -
Fillable)
After you fill
out your Standard Form 180 send it to:
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National
Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
Website:
http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html
The
fax request number is 314.538.4175.
The Center will respond in writing by U.S. Mail. |
To expedite the process,
you can Fed-Ex the document to NPRC with a pre-paid self-addressed return
Fed-Ex envelope, with a letter stating you are in escrow and need a copy of
your DD214 ASAP.
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The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records
(NPRC-MPR) is the repository of millions of military personnel, health,
and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services
during the 20th century. NPRC (MPR) also stores medical treatment
records of retirees from all services, as well as records for dependent
and other persons treated at naval medical facilities. Information from
the records is made available upon written request (with signature and
date) to the extent allowed by law.
Turnaround times for
records requested from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) vary
greatly depending on the nature of the request. For example, the NPRC
Military Records Facility currently has a backlog of over 200,000
requests and receives approximately 5,000 requests daily. Routine
requests for separation statements currently require 4-5 weeks for
servicing. The average turnaround time on all requests is currently
14-16 weeks; however, requests that involve reconstruction efforts due
to the 1973 fire may take much longer. |
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