WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT LOST OR SCRUBBED RECORDS?
People, I have tried in the past to find some answers regarding the records of my overseas duty. I have been informed of several possibilities by fellow servicemen and representatives of organizations...
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I'm not sure what it is that you are asking. What records do you think are lost and for what purpose do you want them? As for records being "scrubbed," I don't know what you mean.Cruiser
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"I was honorably discharged under medical conditions so not eligible to receive any benefits but was awarded a purple heart." Factually something is amiss, a medical discharge (or even another type of...
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Let me make sure I understand this. You were in Thailand, possibly in special farces, and you earned a Purple Heart which would normally have been a combat award from some place that US was...
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Anything you were awarded would be in your personnel records which you can request from the archives and as, as stated above, you can request a DD-215 to update the DD-214. Good luck.
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Brovet, I looked there. What I found was a very crooked trail that jumped from active duty in service to a hospital in New York for reasons unknown. Then I was discharged from hospital to attend a...
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I think I better get some chest waders because hip boots aren't going to be enough.
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I can accept lost or destroyed medical records. Many of us who worked in the medical fields maintained our own records because it was just too easy for some pissed off "snuffy" who didn't want to...
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nmfxstc, This is exactly what I mean. I try to ask for help and always I get mostly sarcasm and disbelief! Not everyone has your life, can you understand this? Just because you did not experience a...
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SPECOPS wrote:nmfxstc, This is exactly what I mean. I try to ask for help and always I get mostly sarcasm and disbelief! Not everyone has your life, can you understand this? Just because you did not...
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Specops, Request "all" your service records. Personnel file, medical records (you will have to list the hospitals and dates to get those records). The government will provide everything they can...
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