To request military Service Records, you must contact the National Archives and Records Administration (https://www.archives.gov/veterans) You must click on the “Veterans Service Records” link at the top of the page and then click on the link for the type of records that you are interested in. You will be directed to fill out the SF 180 form and print it, sign it, and then fax it back to the National Personnel Records Center in St Louis. There is a litany of records that you can request from this site such as Separation Record, Service Records, Medical and Health Records, Medals awarded, Etc,.
Depending on the war or campaign of interest, the information we have on a specific unit varies greatly. The USAHEC is not specifically a repository for official unit records, rosters, or morning reports. Officially, these types of records are held by the National Archives and Records Administration.
For unit operational records prior to 1939, contact:
Military Reference Branch
National Archives
Washington, DC 20408
For unit operational records since 1939, contact:
Modern Military Records, National Archives
8601 Adelphi Road (Room 2400)
College Park, MD 20740
The USAHEC does not specifically collect official retired U.S. Army unit records, unit rosters, or morning reports, only those incidental to a Soldier’s collection. Official retired U.S. Army unit records can be found at one of these two locations:
Military Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408-0001
OR
Modern Military Records
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Certain unit rosters and morning reports have been detached from the main body of unit records and placed in the custody of the:
National Personnel Records Center
9700 Page Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63132
