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We suggest that you request a copy of your father’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.
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.
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."
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917 - 1985 (Record Group 407) that includes battalion history (5/10/43-12/44 & 5/45), history (2/45-6/45), general orders (1943-45), and photos (1945) of the 569th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion during WWII. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RR2R) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.
We searched the National Archives Catalog and also located Morning Reports, ca. 1912 - 1946 for Army units during WWI and WWII. Some of these records have been digitized and may be viewed and searched online using the Catalog. For more information about any non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at St. Louis (RRPO) via email at stl.archives@nara.gov. For more information, please see Access to Morning Reports and Unit Rosters | National Archives.
Some of the morning reports are also available online via Fold3, one of the National Archives’ digitization partners. The collection is available as the US, Morning Reports, 1912-1939 - Fold3, and more information can be found in the article Introducing Our Collection of Morning Reports - Fold3 HQ.
In addition, you may wish to search the U.S. Army Center of Military History website for additional information and/or resources about the 569th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion during World War II.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
Sincerely,
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
[RR2RR 25-17085-LP]
Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!
We suggest that you request a copy of your father’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.
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.
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."
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917 - 1985 (Record Group 407) that includes battalion history (5/10/43-12/44 & 5/45), history (2/45-6/45), general orders (1943-45), and photos (1945) of the 569th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion during WWII. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RR2R) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.
We searched the National Archives Catalog and also located Morning Reports, ca. 1912 - 1946 for Army units during WWI and WWII. Some of these records have been digitized and may be viewed and searched online using the Catalog. For more information about any non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at St. Louis (RRPO) via email at stl.archives@nara.gov. For more information, please see Access to Morning Reports and Unit Rosters | National Archives.
Some of the morning reports are also available online via Fold3, one of the National Archives’ digitization partners. The collection is available as the US, Morning Reports, 1912-1939 - Fold3, and more information can be found in the article Introducing Our Collection of Morning Reports - Fold3 HQ.
In addition, you may wish to search the U.S. Army Center of Military History website for additional information and/or resources about the 569th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion during World War II.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
Sincerely,
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
[RR2RR 25-17085-LP]
