Anyone know how to speed up the process to get information about your own dads military service?
PVT US ARMY
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/02/1948
DATE OF DEATH: 10/19/2017
BURIED AT: SECTION AH SITE 19 Click to view the cemetery map
SOUTHERN NEVADA VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY
1900 VETERANS MEMORIAL DR BOULDER CITY, NV 89005 [login to see]
If you’re the next of kin of a Veteran who has passed away
You can request a copy of the Veteran’s military records in any of these ways:
Mail or fax a Request Pertaining to Military Records (Standard Form SF 180) to the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC).
Download Form SF 180 (PDF)
Write a letter to the NPRC. Send it to:
1 Archives Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63138
Visit the NPRC in person
Contact your state or county Veterans agency
Hire an independent researcher
You may be considered the next of kin if you’re related to the Veteran in any of these ways:
Surviving spouse who hasn't remarried, or
Parent, or
Child, or
Sibling
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