My grandfathers WW2 metals Anthony Gregory Ferraro

Question

Looking for my grandfather&rsquo;s achievements in WW2 he was a 3rd class radio man 
 Anthony (Tony) Gregory Ferraro married to Juanita Ferraro (Nixon)

Textual Reference Branch, Archives II · Answer

AF11WWG1WGA 
 Thank you for posting your request on History Hub! 
 
 If you have not done so already, we suggest that you request a copy of your grandfather&rsquo;s Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) , which should be in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where Army and Air Force 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. 
 
 Since some veterans registered with their state or local veterans service agencies after they separated from service, we suggest that you contact the state or county veterans agency where Anthony G. Ferraro lived for additional assistance. Please review the NPRC web page Other Methods to Obtain Military Service Records for more information. Please note that registering discharge papers with local and state authorities was optional, so we cannot guarantee that these types of organizations will have his records. 
 
 If you are able to provide any additional details, such as your grandfather&rsquo;s date of birth, date of death (if applicable), place of birth, place of residence, and/or unit designation, then we or another History Hub community member may be able to direct you to additional, potentially relevant resources. 
 
 We invite you to continue the conversation with community members on History Hub, but should you have follow up questions for the staff at Archives II, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov so that we can assist you further. 
 
 We hope this is helpful for your research! 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
 Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) 
 [RR2RR 23-66299-RS]