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Deceased father's naval records

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I am looking for my father's naval records, ie on which naval ship he was assigned, enlisted and discharged dates.  His name was Leon M. Hawkins.  I believe he enlisted in 1943.  He never spoke of his time in the service.  Thanks in advance for your assistance.

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

    It appears from your posting that you are interested in getting your father's naval service record and how to research records relating to his service from there.

     

    This is our standard explanation on how to request naval service records.

     

    The medical and Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) of Enlisted Personnel of the U.S. Navy who were separated from the service after 1885 and prior to February 1, 1994 and Officers of the U.S. Navy who were separated from service after 1902 and prior to February 1, 1994 are located at NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO  63138-1002.  You may apply online at http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/. Or you can download Standard Form 180 (SF-180) and send in your request via postal mail.

     

    To download an SF-180 please visit our website at the following: https://www.archives.gov/files/research/order/standard-form-180.pdf

     

    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."

     

    For information regarding access to medical records please visit http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/public/general-public-clinical.html. 

    For World War II, there are a variety of different avenues of research including deck logs of commissioned naval vessels, World War II Action Reports and War Diaries for naval hierarchy, and additional records in the World War II Command Files. 

    Once you have more information such as when he served and where he served (as in which ships, squadrons, or units), then you can resubmit your request to archives2reference@nara.gov and provide that information, and then they can see what is available.

    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 assists you with your research! 

    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)

    [23-45726] - NSP

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

    It appears from your posting that you are interested in getting your father's naval service record and how to research records relating to his service from there.

     

    This is our standard explanation on how to request naval service records.

     

    The medical and Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) of Enlisted Personnel of the U.S. Navy who were separated from the service after 1885 and prior to February 1, 1994 and Officers of the U.S. Navy who were separated from service after 1902 and prior to February 1, 1994 are located at NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO  63138-1002.  You may apply online at http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/. Or you can download Standard Form 180 (SF-180) and send in your request via postal mail.

     

    To download an SF-180 please visit our website at the following: https://www.archives.gov/files/research/order/standard-form-180.pdf

     

    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."

     

    For information regarding access to medical records please visit http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/public/general-public-clinical.html. 

    For World War II, there are a variety of different avenues of research including deck logs of commissioned naval vessels, World War II Action Reports and War Diaries for naval hierarchy, and additional records in the World War II Command Files. 

    Once you have more information such as when he served and where he served (as in which ships, squadrons, or units), then you can resubmit your request to archives2reference@nara.gov and provide that information, and then they can see what is available.

    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 assists you with your research! 

    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)

    [23-45726] - NSP

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