Looking for personnel records of US Panama Canal workers

Dear Mr. Waddel,

Thank you for posting your request to History Hub!

Official Personnel Files (OPFs) for individuals who worked for the Panama Canal Commission prior to 1952 are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis P.O. Box 38757, St. Louis, MO 63138.  You may submit your request via mail to the listed address or via email to stl.archives@nara.gov. Please include full name used during Federal employment, date of birth, Social Security Number (if applicable), name and location of employing Federal agency, and beginning and ending dates of Federal Service. For more information, the web site is http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/archival-programs/civilian-personnel-archival/index.html.

We hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

This earlier post may also be of interest: Canal Zone records of employment