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Re: Seeking military records of Eual Cathey
Elliot Schneider Dec 30, 2020 9:14 AM (in response to JOE CATHEY)1 person found this helpfulJoe,
please copy and paste into your web browser is this who you are seeking? Not sure because service numbers do not match. Please provide additional information?
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/477750/eual-arthur-cathey
Name: Eual A Cathey Death Age: 33 Birth Date: 13 Aug 1924 Service Start Date: 1 Sep 1951 Service End Date: 2 Oct 1957 Death Date: 2 Oct 1957 Internment Date: 23 Oct 1957 Internment Place: Oklahoma, USA Cemetery Address: 1423 Cemetery Road Fort Gibson, OK 74434 Cemetery: Ft. Gibson National Cemetery Plot: Section 5 Site 3076 Notes: Captain Us Army Korea Thanks,
Elliot
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Re: Seeking military records of Eual Cathey
Jason AtkinsonJan 12, 2021 11:47 AM (in response to JOE CATHEY)
Dear Mr. Cathey,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We suggest that you request a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs for those who served in the U.S. Army from approximately World War I through September 30, 2002 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. In many cases where Army 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. 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. Veterans and their next of kin also may use eVetRecs to request records. See eVetRecs Help for instructions.
Military personnel records are completely opened to the public 62 years after the veteran leaves the military. If less than 62 years have passed since the veteran’s discharge date (to include any reserve time), certain information in the records is not available to the general public without the written consent of the veteran or his next of kin. For more information see Request Military Service Records and Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Holdings.
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We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!