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Where
to find the needed information
for your military certificate gift
without your
loved one knowing anything
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Option
#1: Anyone
discharged from the service has a DD214.
This is an official military document that
lists their service information, including
their wars, battles and awards. Military
personnel records can be used 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.
There
are many reports on the Net that the National
Personnel Records Center is taking many weeks
to perform record retrievals, with a backlog
of two hundred thousand (200,000) requests.
You will find information on all of your
options available at our DD214 page.
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Branch
Personnel and Period Affected Estimated
Loss
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Branch
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Personnel
and Period Affected
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Estimated
Loss
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Army
Personnel
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discharged
November 1, 1912, to January 1, 1960
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80%
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| Air
Force Personnel |
discharged,
September 25, 1947, to January 1, 1964
(with names alphabetically after Hubbard,
James E.) |
75%
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No
duplicate copies of the records that were destroyed
in the fire were maintained, nor was a microfilm
copy ever produced. There were no indexes created
prior to the fire. In addition, millions of
documents had been lent to the Department of
Veterans Affairs before the fire occurred.
Therefore, a complete listing of the records
that were lost is not available. Nevertheless,
NPRC (MPR) uses many alternate
sources in its efforts to reconstruct basic
service information to respond to requests.
Click on this link for alternate sources of
military records info. Alternate
Sources
Option
#2: Tell them someone
in your family is doing a geneaological research
on the family and ask them to write out their
military information including their rank,
rating mark if needed for the navy or coast
guard, wars or battles they fought, service
dates, and their medals, ribbons and badges.
You can use our order form as a guide, but
don't let them see it. This is the easiest
way, providing you can do it in such a way
they don't suspect anything.
Option
#3: Check
our Commemorative
Medals Page to see what additional medals
and awards your loved one might be eligible for.
Commemoratives were developed many years after
the events of the wars, so your loved one may
not know they are available and that he or she
is eligible to receive them. This is especially
good if you only know of 3 or 5 medals they have
for their certificate and want to have the full
six to balance out your certificate design and
display as much as you can of their experience.
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Give
your loved one an overwhelming
gift
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So
Creative ......So Personal
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Shows
how much you really care!
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Option
#4: Call
us toll free: 1-866-447-1011 and
we can help you to find out their service information.
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