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Originally Posted by Hipshot
The Military Personnel Records Center on Page Blvd in St. louis is where all military records are maintained. Back in 1973 they had a major fire and lost most of the WW2-era records (all records lost for last names starting with H - Z).
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That's awful. My maiden name starts with a G - so I hadn't hit an issue with it yet, although I've got a request in for my Great-Grandfather's record and his last name starts with an S. That is the same location where the form I linked to is sent so I'm sure it would be affected. Luckily my Grandfather, et al were fairly good about keeping their records, journals, photos, etc so I've got a decent history (plus I've got my Grandma who has a very good long term memory) but there are a few holes I've found and some very interesting documents I was hoping to see more context on. These are mostly pre-WWII, do you know if that was affected as well?