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By PI-GeorgeMartin May 5, 2010 3:26 PM
Different types of service records military files.
Military service records are all those public records holding information about people served in the army. There are millions of records, some dating to the time of the American Revolution.
Whatever the reason why you want to look into service records military archives, you need to know where to start. The success of any search for a military service record pretty much depends on your knowledge about the types of records and which government institution manages them.
Types of US military service records.
There are several types of US military service records:
Records of the people who participated in the American Revolution.
Records of volunteers
Military records of service of regular army and officers
Navy personnel (1798-1885) and officers records
Marine Corps personnel and officers
Coast guard public records
Army military records
Air force military records
The National Archives Building in Washington D.C. manages some of these records while the National Personnel Records center in St. Louise, Missouri governs the rest. Obviously you need to find out the type of the records you need to search so that you can address your request to the right institution.
Getting to know details of someone's past is very hard especially if you are looking for people deceased long time ago. The best way to find out in what service they were enlisted and hence to find out the type of records you need is getting military service records online. You can search online only with the name of the person and get all the details required for the official request.
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