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My cousin flew helicopters. He served in Vietnam. I have tried to get some simple information. How many tours did he do in Vietnam? Are there any details on the decorations. Where when what? https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/ROB...PHFILIPOWSKI/C5A1B4C Have made numerous searches and the attached site is the most I came up with. When not in Vietnam he was stationed at Ft Rucker, Enterprise AL. Any suggestions appreciated Thanks | ||
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https://www.archives.gov/veter...tary-service-records Try here. Are you considered his next of kin? His children or surviving spouse may need to help you out My brother and I want to get our grandfathers records but my dad is lagging on helping us out. But now that 62 years has passed we might be able to bypass him | |||
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Thanks for the response. I am 1st cousin. He was 14 years older than me. I don't have direct contact with his children. They are in in Alabama. I never met him but I believe I saw him at a funeral back in 1968. | |||
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Fill out the forms on the VA record request and see what happens. Same last name may slip through the cracks. Worst case your out the $100 filing fee. | |||
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In addition to going the Veterans Administration and National Military Archives route, you might also check with the Military Affairs Dept (National Guard) in the State (Home of Record) from which he entered into service, and to which he was discharged from. All those “triplicate copies” of orders, personnel/training actions, medical records, etc. are supposed to go there too, which were helpful in recreating personal military history after that big fire in St Louis back in the 1970s, which destroyed many WW2 records. --------------------- DJT-45/47 MAGA !!!!! "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken | |||
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If you are on Facebook there are a few sites that deal with helo pilots in VN. There is a good chance someone on one of those sites might know him or flew with him. | |||
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I just submitted requests for Dad's service from the Archives for both the Army Air Corps and Air Force. We'll see what happens. | |||
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I really hope you can get access to them!! Good Luck!! Be advised...some records were destroyed in a fire at the archives. I was trying to get my dad's service records from his time in USAF in Korea. I received a letter that his records were part of those destroyed in a fire at the storage facility some years ago. Luckily...LUCKILY...as I was going through mother's strong box when she had to go to the hospital in January (I'm Power of Attorney), guess what I found? ALL dad's military records and discharge papers!! I'm VERY surprised, given mother's HATRED of dad, she kept those papers. I'm sure her sole purpose for keeping them was in case they would be a benefit (aka, money) to her some day... "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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I know it's encouraged now that after being discharged DD-214s be filed at your local courthouse. Was that the case back then? Could he check at his cousin's hometown courthouse? | |||
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According to the website link from the 2nd post: You may request military service records (including DD 214) if you are: A military veteran, or Next of kin of a deceased, former member of the military. The next of kin can be any of the following: Surviving spouse (who has not remarried) Father Mother Son Daughter Sister Brother It also says anyone can access records 62 years or more after the veteran separated from the service. If less than 62 years has passed, you would need to qualify for the 'next of kin' defined above. | |||
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I live in eastern Washington. He and his family live, lived in Southern Alabama. We were both born in Omaha Nebraska. He was 14 years older than me. He was in ROTC in high school. I believe that he went into the army out of high school. I would have been about four then. If his DD-214 was at the courthouse it would be in South Alabama. When not flying in Vietnam he spent a few months at Ft Rucker. He would request to return to Vietnam. After the Army he flew for ARAMCO in Saudi Arabia. I never met him. I believe I saw him at another cousins funeral in 1968. I know it's encouraged now that after being discharged DD-214s be filed at your local courthouse. Was that the case back then? Could he check at his cousin's hometown courthouse? | |||
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https://news.va.gov/119456/acc...ces&utm_id=10MAY2023 Accessing Veterans’ records from the National Archives or National Personnel Records Center Everything you need to know about accessing Veterans’ records from the National Archives or NPRC _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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