09/04/2026
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐? ๐ก
๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐
In 1973, a fire at the National Personnel Records Center destroyed millions of military personnel records. The fire primarily affected many Army Veterans discharged between 1912 and 1960 and certain Air Force Veterans discharged between 1947 and 1964.
If your military records were destroyed or damaged, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
The VA may be able to use other sources to help reconstruct information about your service, including unit records, morning reports, hospital admission records, and other available documentation. VA may also consider other supporting evidence, such as statements from people who knew about an event or condition, letters, photographs, private medical records, and other relevant evidence.
Recently, VA also announced changes intended to make the process easier for Veterans affected by the 1973 fire, including reducing repeated requests for the same information.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐: ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐.
If you believe your military records may have been affectedโor if you were previously told records could not be locatedโ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐.
๐๐'๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐.