DD214
Jul 25, 2017 19:18:03 #
Jul 25, 2017 19:19:56 #
Jul 25, 2017 19:27:11 #
this site should fix you up.
https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records
John D
Airborne infantry.
https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records
John D
Airborne infantry.
Jul 25, 2017 19:51:05 #
Jul 25, 2017 22:16:21 #
dllphoto wrote:
anyone here know how to get a copy of a DD214
Your congressman can get you a copy or you can probably go through the VA.
Jul 26, 2017 06:08:37 #
Jul 26, 2017 06:52:43 #
Is it yours you want or someone else's? The information you'll need to provide at vary. The agency you need to conduct depends on years and branch as many records were destroyed in a fire some years ago. The link provided above by delraypiper will help.
Jul 26, 2017 07:46:01 #
Before I think 1950, don't believe there are DD-214 you have to use other methods of proof.
The websites provided in this thread should get you to a DD-214
The websites provided in this thread should get you to a DD-214
Jul 26, 2017 08:16:48 #
peterg
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
Find and contact or drop by your nearest Veterans Service Organization (VSO) office. Google to find the closest.
Example for Pennsylvania: http://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Pages/Outreach-and-Reintegration/County-Directors.aspx
Phone them for info. In my case, I had a DD214 copy but needed an original. My local VSO submitted the required forms for me and in a few weeks, I had two certified (e.g. originals) mailed to me from Washington.
Your local VSO is like one-stop shopping for veterans benefits. In one visit, they submitted the paperwork for my DD214, signed me up for veterans medical benefits, made an appointment for my first clinic visit and gave me a wallet-sized card that gives me discounts at many stores and restaurants. They also have info on many other VA benefits including for Vietnam vets. I was impressed. Your results may vary.
Example for Pennsylvania: http://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Pages/Outreach-and-Reintegration/County-Directors.aspx
Phone them for info. In my case, I had a DD214 copy but needed an original. My local VSO submitted the required forms for me and in a few weeks, I had two certified (e.g. originals) mailed to me from Washington.
Your local VSO is like one-stop shopping for veterans benefits. In one visit, they submitted the paperwork for my DD214, signed me up for veterans medical benefits, made an appointment for my first clinic visit and gave me a wallet-sized card that gives me discounts at many stores and restaurants. They also have info on many other VA benefits including for Vietnam vets. I was impressed. Your results may vary.
Jul 26, 2017 08:34:54 #
VA in your area or online. Google it.
Mark
Mark
dllphoto wrote:
anyone here know how to get a copy of a DD214
Jul 26, 2017 08:53:39 #
Jul 26, 2017 10:59:21 #
First step: contact your branch of service to get phone numbers of their Personnel department. Online approach might make this easy. Know your dates of service, service number, place of induction and discharge. Don't forget your middle name. These offices get lots of bogus stuff, so their detail is really to protect you. If you have a local VA office they might have good advice. If you have a local recruiter office for your branch, stop in, they may have advice.
Jul 26, 2017 11:42:16 #
go to your nearest VSO with identfication and let him do the paperwork to get it. That is what they do, among other things.
Jul 26, 2017 11:57:23 #
Apply at the nearest VA office, or contact DOD direct. Then wait....possibly forever. I applied, and they told me it would take a year. That was two and a half years ago.
Jul 26, 2017 11:57:42 #
I still remember my Air Force service number even though I was discharged in 1968 (AF1976****), the family phone number from when I was a kid (IVanhoe9-****), my California driver's license number as issued in 1958 (H49****) and my DOB even though it was over 70 years ago (March 7, 19**). Since 1958 California issued so many new driver's licenses that they had to add another digit (H049****).
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