| Records |
Repository |
Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service, 1775-1916,
and bounty land warrant application files based on wartime service, 1775-1855 |
Archives I Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, D.C. 20408
1-866-272-6272 |
Regular Army enlisted personnel serving from 1789 through October 31,
1912, and officers serving from 1789 through June 30, 1917. |
Ibid |
Officers separated after June 30, 1917, and enlisted personnel separated
after October 31, 1912 |
National Personnel Records Center
(Military Personnel Records)
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 |
Records relating to persons who served in the Confederate States Army
from 1861 through 1865. |
Archives I Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, D.C. 20408
1-866-272-6272 |
Volunteer service of persons serving during an emergency and whose service
was considered to be in the federal interest, during the period 1775-1902. |
Ibid |
Morning Reports, pre-1912
NOTE: Neither morning reports nor unit rosters contain historical information
concerning battles or engagements (see unit operational files). |
Ibid |
Morning reports, 1912-1974
(In 1974 the Army discontinued the use of morning reports and switched to
PDC cards. PDC cards are also in the custody of the NPRC.)
NOTE: Neither morning reports nor unit rosters contain historical information
concerning battles or engagements (see unit operational files). |
National Personnel Records Center
(Military Personnel Records)
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 |
| Unit operational records, pre-1917 |
Archives I Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, D.C. 20408
1-866-272-6272 |
Unit operational records, 1917-1954, and 1954 to present for units which
served in Southeast Asia |
Archives II Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
1-866-272-6272 |
Unit operational records, 1954-present for units which did not serve in
Southeast Asia |
Director
US Army Records Management and Declassification Agency
Room 102, Casey Building
7701 Telegraph Road
Alexandria Virginia 22315-3860 |
Organizational History Files, 1980-present
NOTE: Not to be confused with unit operational records (see above). Organizational
History Files are unit owned historical reference files held for inactive units. |
Force Structure and Unit History Branch
U.S. Army Center of Military History
103 Third Avenue
Fort McNair, DC 20319-5058
DSN 325-2733; (202) 685-2733 |
Unit rosters, pre-1912
NOTE: Neither morning reports nor unit rosters contain historical information
concerning battles or engagements (see unit operational files). |
Archives I Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, D.C. 20408
1-866-272-6272 |
Unit rosters, 1912-1974
(Rosters for the years 1944, 1945 and 1946 were destroyed in the 1970's.)
NOTE: Neither morning reports nor unit rosters contain historical information
concerning battles or engagements (see unit operational files). |
National Personnel Records Center
(Military Personnel Records)
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 |
| Unit rosters, 1917-present, Army Reserve |
U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Army Reserve
1 Reserve Way
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200
1-800-452-0201 |
Information pertaining to unit Lineages and Honors
Lineage and honors information includes unit activations and other status
changes as well as campaign participation credit and unit decorations. Such
information should not be considered a history of combat operations or a
detailed record of unit activities (see unit operational files) .
NOTE: This office is not resourced for public inquiries, these requests will be answered
only as other missions permit. A timeframe for a response cannot be estimated. |
Force Structure and Unit History Branch
U.S. Army Center of Military History
103 Third Avenue
Fort McNair, DC 20319-5058
DSN 325-2733; (202) 685-2733 |
| Awards to individuals still on active duty |
Military Awards Branch
U.S. Army Human Resources Command
200 Stovall Street, Suite 3S67, Hoffman II
Alexandria, VA 22332-0474
DSN 221-8700; (703) 325-8700 |
| Awards to individuals no longer in the service |
National Personnel Records Center
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200 |
| Official photographs pertaining to the U.S. Army, 1861-1981 |
Still Picture Branch
Special Archives Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
1-866-272-6272 |
| Official photographs and videos pertaining to the U.S. Army 1982-present |
Defense Visual Information Center
1363 Z Street, Bldg 2730
March Air Force Base, CA 92518-2073
DSN 348-1522; (951) 413-2522 |
| Motion pictures, 1898-1981 |
Motion Picture, Sound & Video Branch
Special Archives Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
1-866-272-6272 |
Unofficial materials such as privately published unit histories, personal papers, diaries,
and photographs.
Also includes select official papers. |
US Army Military History Institute
950 Soldiers Drive
Carlisle, PA 17013-5021
717-245-3971 |
| Official US Army publications |
US Army Publishing Directorate |
Information concerning flags, colors, streamers, guidons, insignia, & uniforms, and
unit mottoes (AR-840-10) |
US Army Institute of Heraldry
9235 Gunston Road, Room S-112
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5579
(703) 806-4972 |
| Records concerning units in or assigned to the US Army Air Forces |
US Air Force Historical Research Agency
600 Chennault Circle
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424
DSN 493-2395; (205) 953-2395 |
