Anyone know how to speed up the process to get information about your own dads military service?

2021-04-01T10:59:03-04:00

HASSAY, MICHAEL ALBERT
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]

Response by SrA John Monette made Apr 1 at 2021 11:38 AM

2021-04-01T11:38:13-04:00

https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records

try this site

Request Military Service Records

Veterans and their next of kin can get FREE copies of their DD 214, and other military service records including Official Military Personnel File (OMPF), Replacement Medals, and Medical and Health Records.

Response by SFC Kelly Fuerhoff made Apr 1 at 2021 12:30 PM

2021-04-01T12:30:58-04:00

https://www.va.gov/records/get-military-service-records/

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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Response by CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 1 at 2021 5:23 PM

2021-04-01T17:23:54-04:00

NARA https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=230&mtch=192&tf=F&q=willis&bc=,sl,fd&rpp=50&pg=4&rid=52663&rlst=41111,41967,42464,52663,52692,53567,57634,61685,61841,63573

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Response by LTC John Griscom made Apr 1 at 2021 9:30 PM

2021-04-01T21:30:57-04:00

The problem right now is the NPRC has pretty much closed down due to COVID. They are doing emergency requests for burial information.

Response by SPC Janice Sinischo made Apr 2 at 2021 12:39 AM

2021-04-02T00:39:51-04:00

I believe SSA.GOV has a database.

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Apr 3 at 2021 1:49 PM

2021-04-03T13:49:58-04:00

The National Personnel Records Center NPRC recommends using a third party researcher. You pay someone to go in on your behalf and do the research in the facility.

https://www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/visitors-and-researchers

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