• Volunteer enlisted men and officers whose military service was performed during an emergency and whose service was considered to be in the federal interest, 1775 to 1902
• Regular Army enlisted personnel, 1789–October 31, 1912
• Regular Army officers, 1789–June 30, 1917
• U.S. Navy enlisted personnel, 1798–1885
• US Navy officers, 1798–1902
• US Marine Corps enlisted personnel, 1798–1904
• Some US Marine Corps officers, 1798–1895
• Those who served in predecessor agencies to the US Coast Guard (i.e., the Revenue Cutter Service [Revenue Marine], the Life-Saving Service, and the Lighthouse Service, 1791–1919)

To order military service records, including military service records, compiled military service records, and bounty land warrant applications from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., use NATF Form 86. To order military pension records, use NATF Form 85.
 

The National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Missouri, holds military personnel files of

• US Army officers separated after June 30, 1917, and enlisted personnel separated after October 31, 1912
• US Air Force officers and enlisted personnel separated after September 1947
• US Navy officers separated after 1902 and enlisted personnel separated after 1885
• US Marine Corps officers separated after 1895 and enlisted personnel separated after 1904
• US Coast Guard officers separated after 1928 and enlisted personnel separated after 1914; civilian employees of Coast Guard predecessor agencies such as Revenue Cutter Service, Lifesaving Service, and Lighthouse Service, 1864–1919

To order military service records from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, use Standard Form 180.
 

The National Archives - Southeast Region, Atlanta, Georgia, holds draft registration records for World War I

To have the National Archives staff search these records for you, get a "World War I Registration Card Request" form by sending an email to archives@atlanta.nara.gov, or contacting:

National Archives - Southeast Region
1557 St. Joseph Avenue
East Point, GA 30344
(404) 763-7383
http://www.nara.gov/regional/atlanta.html

 

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