If you are researching a veteran who served in the U.S. Military during WWII we can help you access your veteran’s military service records. All of our research requests are processed through Golden Arrow Military Research. Their research specialists are physically on-site at the National Archives where the military service records of your individual veteran are maintained. This unique research service will provide you with digital scans of the original documents and photographs within the military service record of your veteran so that you can view the records of your ancestor exactly as they appear in their original form.
Prices for WWII military service records
- WWII Navy military service records under 40 pages in length are $100. WWII Navy service records over 40 pages in length are $175.
- WWII Marine Corps military service records under 40 pages in length are $100. WWII Marine Corps military service records over 40 pages in length are $175.
- WWII Coast Guard military service records under 40 pages in length are $100. WWII Coast Guard military service records over 40 pages in length are $175.
- WWII Army/Air Corps military service records are $65, plus copy fees. About 90 percent of WWII Army/Air Corps military service records were lost in the 1973 fire. Due to the fire most of these service records are fragmentary. From time to time we do find a service record with pages which survived the fire.
September 28, 2017
I made a request for my Father’s navy service records about 3 weeks ago and I haven’t received confirmation that you received my request and just checking to see if you received it. His name was Henry C. Greenway and his birthday was September 18 1919, and he served from Feb 1940 until Feb 1946. He was from Perry County, Tennessee and was assigned to the Battleships USS New York, and was a plank owner on the USS North Carolina, and later was assigned to an amphibious assault unit. Thanks and looking forward to receiving copies of his records.
April 15, 2018
Hi Julie, Navy service records were not lost in the fire. These records are complete and they are maintained at the National Archives. I have a number of posts on this site which explain how useful the Navy service record (O.M.P.F.) can be for understanding the experiences of the individual navy veteran. The best way to ensure that you are going to get every single page of your veteran’s Navy service records is to have a reputable and experienced research company access and scan his Navy service records for you. Golden Arrow Research has been provides research of individual veterans at the National Archives and have been researching individual veterans for nearly a decade (about a decade longer than the many ‘experts’ who seem to have popped up all over the internet these past couple of years). You can view examples of scanned military service records from the National Archives and request a copy of your Navy veteran’s military service records from their website here: Access U.S.N. Service Records.
March 13, 2018
We are trying to re-construct the Military Record of Raymond Baxter Causey (deceased), Coporal, Army Air Force, July 1942 to October 1945. His service record was in the 1973 fire and the Archives wanted $75 to treat the paper records… but we don’t know what is in these records! We recently received a barely legible copy of a copy of his Honorable Discharge papers copied from the Veterens Admin., Roanoke VA.
He was a radio tech. who flew B-24s(??) from England and had a good conduct medal, with 1 Silver and a bronze battle star from the European theater. Other than that we know nothing of his service as he never talked about it, while he was alive.
How can we find out more and who do I contact??
March 14, 2018
Hello Karen, yes I would recommend you contact Golden Arrow Military Research. They have just started offering a comprehensive research process for individual air corps pilots and enlisted flight crews which allows you to see the exact missions that flight crew took part in. This research also covers the personnel file which NARA has offered to copy for you as well as many, many other things that the archives will not send you unless you know to ask for them. Quite simply this is a new process being pioneered by Golden Arrow Research which allows you to access records on your veteran and his flight crew- from multiple archival research facilities around the country. They put all of this together into a research package which is delivered right to your email address. You basically get to explore digital scans of records and artifacts from numerous archives around the country while sitting at home in your own living room. I’ve personally been working on these projects myself and they are pretty neat.
April 15, 2018
My father served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945. He is deceased and his records were burned in the fire. I would like to get him a burial plaque to be placed in Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. How can I get his DD214 to prove he was military. I have a picture of him in his Navy Uniform. He was a Chief Petty Officer and was on the Farragut. I have some medals but no