Seeking to correct my father's WWII  enlistment records

Dear Ms. Chisholm,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

The National Archives and Records Administration does not have the authority to make changes to personnel records.  Changes can only be made by the Department of Defense.  To correct a military personnel record, use DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record).  The DD-149 is available in pdf format from the Department of Defense at https://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/eforms/dd0149.pdf .  If you have additional questions about the form or the process, please write directly to the Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA), 251 18th Street South, Suite 385, Arlington, VA 22202-3531, which has jurisdiction in such matters. For assistance, please email army.arbainquiry@mail.mil.

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

Pam, may I ask what information is incorrect on your father's enlisment records?  I ask because I have my father's WWII separation papers; initially I thought his unit was incorrectly listed (I had always known what unit he served in, based on what he had said about the war and the papers he had saved). But after doing some research, I found that he had been transferred to a different unit just before shipping home. Apparently a common practice towards the end of the war. And something he never mentioned. I found the same on the separation papers for one of my uncles. His unit listed at the time of discharge was not where he spent most of his service. joan