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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NNG
WASHINGTON DC 20408

- Maintains records on German officers who were available for duty in the last months of the war;
charges 75 cents per page, with a $6.00 minimum order.

NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER
MILITARY PERSONNEL RECORDS
9700 PAGE BLVD
ST LOUIS, MO 63132

- Starting point for information on former and active duty members of the US Armed Forces.
They will replace all medals and decorations earned by a person (former, active duty, deceased) FREE OF CHARGE.
You will need to send a letter with all the information you have available i.e. name, rank held, unit's served in, etc.

BUNDESARCHIV
POTSDAMER STRASSE 1
POSTFACH 3 20
56075 KOBLENZ
PHONE: 0261-5050

BUNDESARCHIV-ZENTRALNACHWEISSTELLE
ABTEIGARTEN 6
52076 AACHEN-KORNELIMUNSTER
PHONE: 02408-1470

- Has information on former members of the German Army , Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD),
Organizations TODT (OT), Armed Forces Jurisdiction as well as awards of Orders and decorations.

BUNDESARCHIV
ABT. VI - MILITARARCHIV
WIESENTAL STRASSE 10
79100 FREIBURG I. BR.

- Information concerning the Prussian Army (Up to 1867), North German and Imperial Navy,
Protection Troops, Freikorps, Reichswehr, Wehrmacht, and Waffen-SS.

BERLIN DOCUMENT CENTER
WASSERKAFERSTEIG 1
14163 BERLIN 37
PHONE: 030-8197754

DEUTSCHE DIENSTSTELLE (WASt)
EICHBORNDAMM 179
13403 BERLIN
PHONE: 0 30 4 19 04 290 (MON - FRI, 0900 - 1400)
FAX: 41 90 41 00

- Handles correspondence for Wehrmacht personnel KIA

Questions on World War II units and personnel can be sent to one of the following agencies:

Air Force History Support Office
500 Duncan Ave Box 94
Bolling AFB, D.C. 20332-1111
Phone: (202) 404-2264

United States Air Force Historical Research Agency (HQ AFHRA/RSA)
600 Chennault Circle
Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6424
Phone: (334) 953-2966

For the Department of Defense and other Military Departments, historical files are stored in repositories of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Information from records maintained by NARA is available to the public.
For a nominal fee, NARA will reproduce documents of interest. Their address is:

National Archives and Records Service
8th Street and Pennsyvanis Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20408
Phone: (202) 523-3220

Another source is the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office (GPO).
The GPO stocks and sells over 24,000 different publications, periodicals, and subscription services.
A listing of Government periodicals and subscription services sold by GPO is available to citizens at no charge.
Citizens are also encouraged to avail themselves of resources of local public and school libraries,
many of which routinely receive GPO listings. Their adddress is:

Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office (GPO)
Washington, DC 20402
(202) 512-1800

If you need specific information about a military person:
If you're seeking information about military personnel who served in the United States Army Air Forces,
or the United States Air Force, first obtain as much of the following information as possible:

Full name and serial number of the individual.
Rank held at a specific time or highest rank achieved.
Names and dates of awards for decorations received (e.g., the Purple Heart).
Unit(s) to which the individual was assigned or attached and the dates of service.
Individual's military occupation or specialty, e.g., pilot, navigator, bombardier, gunner, physician, nurse,
maintenance technician, supply clerk, security or military police, etc.
If requesting the records of a relative, the requester should mention the relationship to the former member (brother,
uncle, or other). There is no charge for this service to former service members or their next of kin.
For others, a nominal fee is charged for research and reproduction costs. Files at the Records Center
are maintained as historical records only and are not updated to reflect current data on the former service member.
The address for the National Personnel Records Center is:

For individuals compiling family histories, NARA provides assistance to those interested in genealogy.
NARA normally charges a nominal fee for research and reproduction costs. Their address is:

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20408
202-501-5400

Second, contact local sources if original residence is known:

County Office of Vital Records in individual's county of residence prior to entry into service
for either birth or marriage records of the individual.
County Probate Office for a will or Letters of Administration on file for the individual if he or she
possessed property in the county and is now deceased.
Newspapers published in the city or county where the individual is presumed to have lived
prior to entry into service for news items or articles, including obituaries or death notices.
Local post of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Veterans of World War II,
and the like, for information on local men and women who survived service in World War II
The State Office of Vital Statistics for death records of service personnel who died while on active duty.
Finally, the following Federal agencies may be able to help:

World War II Memorial
American Battle Monuments Commission
2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 501
Arlington, VA 22201

Next of kin may ask for a copy of the service member's personnel records (including "201" files) by contacting:

National Personnel Records Center
Attn: Air Force Reference Branch
9700 Page Blvd
St Louis MO 63132

For aircrew members lost in combat during World War II:
Request a Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) under the individual's name from:

National Archives and Records Administration
Attn: Textual Reference Branch
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park MD 20740-6001

To determine whether an individual was declared missing or killed in action, contact the agency below.
They can also provide location details if the deceased is buried in a US (overseas or national) cemetery.
If the response is negative (no record of death or continued missing status), it is possible that the member survived.

U.S. Total Army Personnel Command
TAPC-PED-F
2461 Eisenhower Ave, Room 984, Hoffman Bldg 1
Alexandria VA 22331

To contact Air Force personnel who are still on active duty, or who have retired:
Write a letter to the person you wish to contact. Place the letter in a sealed and stamped envelope with your name
and return address and the name of the individual on the outside of the envelope.
Send this envelope to the agency below along with a note giving all identifying information about the person
you are trying to reach. Ask the locator to add the individual's current address to your sealed envelope and to forward it
to the person you wish to contact. A $3.50 finder's fee must be included (make check out to: DAO-DE RAFB).

HQ AFPC/MSIMDL
550 C Street W, Suite 50
Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4752

To contact military personnel who have filed a claim against the Veterans Administration (VA)
write a letter to the person, place in an unsealed stamped envelope without a return address.
Send envelope with $2.00 fee and name, serial number, date of birth, etc., to the local or regional VA office listed
in the Blue Pages of the phone directory. The VA will forward your letter to last known address.
What if all else fails?

Consider "search notices" or letters to the editor in these publications:

Air Force Magazine
Air Force Association
1501 Lee Highway
Arlington VA 22209-1198

Air Force Times
6883 Commercial Drive
Springfield VA 22159
Fax (703) 750-8601

The Retired Officer
Reader's Exchange
TROA
201 N Washington Street
Alexandria VA 22314-2539

Sergeant's Magazine
5211 Auth Road
Suitland MD 20746

Also consider searching in one of the national telephone directories now available on CD-ROM. These directories
contain millions of telephone numbers, seqarchable "by name". Several companies are now offering such products
- PhoneDisc USA and PhoneDisc Reverse, for example; the public can often find these directories in public
or university libraries. The service is usually updated monthly and varies widely in quality.

A final possibility is How To Locate Anyone Who Is Or Has Been in the Military: Armed Forces Locator Directory,
Fifth Edition, by Lt Col (Ret) Richard Johnson, MIE Publishing, $23. It explains hundreds of proven ways to locate
current and former members of all service branches, including the National Guard and Reserve.
It provides information on how anyone may obtain copies of individual military records, rosters,
muster rolls, after-action reports and numerous other military records.