I would like to get the records of my granddads military service and his discharge records. The story is that his appendix ruptured, and he almost died and through that process made medical history. His name was Shelburn Lee Blake served in the Army / Airforce. Enlisted Dec 8, 1941 discharged in 1945.
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We suggest that you request a copy of your grandfather Shelburn Lee Blake’s Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for enlisted men of the U.S. Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and before 1960 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. Veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans also may use eVetRecs to request records. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. If there is any information requested by the form that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file if it survived the fire. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests.
For a complete copy of a personnel file, in Section II, on the line for "Other" (Specify), write "Complete copy of every page of personnel file - not an extract."
Archival OMPFs may also be requested by visiting the Archival Research Room at the National Archives at St. Louis. Please see the linked web pages for more information. Please email stlarr.archives@nara.gov for further assistance prior to making an appointment.
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Hospital Admission Card Files in the Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army) (Record Group 112), which are in the custody of the Electronic Records Branch at the National Archives in College Park (cer@nara.gov) and the National Archives in St. Louis (stl.archives@nara.gov). You may contact these offices directly for more information about the Hospital Admission Card Files. These records have been digitized and are available online via Ancestry as the U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954 and via Fold3 as the U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954.
The admissions records contain limited medical treatment information, but diagnosis, type of operation, and dates/places of treatment or hospitalization are frequently included. They are not specific or detailed medical documents, but summarized information indexed by military service number. Although no names are shown, patients are identified by military service number and certain personal data including age, race, sex, and place of birth. These records are not duplicates of the original medical treatment files lost in the 1973 fire. They were created using data sampling techniques for statistical purposes. Therefore, the listings are not complete and many admissions were skipped during the sampling process. If you wish to request a search of these records, please include the name of the service member and military service number on a GSA Standard Form 180 and send it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002.
You may also wish to review previous History Hub discussions related to the Hospital Admission Cards to learn more about these records.
We hope this assists you with your research!
Sincerely,
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
[RR2RR 23-66401-LP]
Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!
We suggest that you request a copy of your grandfather Shelburn Lee Blake’s Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for enlisted men of the U.S. Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and before 1960 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. Veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans also may use eVetRecs to request records. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. If there is any information requested by the form that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file if it survived the fire. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests.
For a complete copy of a personnel file, in Section II, on the line for "Other" (Specify), write "Complete copy of every page of personnel file - not an extract."
Archival OMPFs may also be requested by visiting the Archival Research Room at the National Archives at St. Louis. Please see the linked web pages for more information. Please email stlarr.archives@nara.gov for further assistance prior to making an appointment.
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Hospital Admission Card Files in the Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army) (Record Group 112), which are in the custody of the Electronic Records Branch at the National Archives in College Park (cer@nara.gov) and the National Archives in St. Louis (stl.archives@nara.gov). You may contact these offices directly for more information about the Hospital Admission Card Files. These records have been digitized and are available online via Ancestry as the U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954 and via Fold3 as the U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954.
The admissions records contain limited medical treatment information, but diagnosis, type of operation, and dates/places of treatment or hospitalization are frequently included. They are not specific or detailed medical documents, but summarized information indexed by military service number. Although no names are shown, patients are identified by military service number and certain personal data including age, race, sex, and place of birth. These records are not duplicates of the original medical treatment files lost in the 1973 fire. They were created using data sampling techniques for statistical purposes. Therefore, the listings are not complete and many admissions were skipped during the sampling process. If you wish to request a search of these records, please include the name of the service member and military service number on a GSA Standard Form 180 and send it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002.
You may also wish to review previous History Hub discussions related to the Hospital Admission Cards to learn more about these records.
We hope this assists you with your research!
Sincerely,
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
[RR2RR 23-66401-LP]
