Army records

Author Message   John David Brooks Advanced Member Username: Johnb6597 Post Number: 363 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 121.55.235.75 Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 06:47 pm:    Greetings, Martin: A good place to start is this website...http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.ht ml Here is another way of doing it...http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/index.html The surviving brother can apply to receive a complete copy of whatever permanent records are maintained on the deceased veteran if he is next-of-kin.   dinotars Senior Member Username: Dinotars Post Number: 6597 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 173.169.151.24 Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 01:56 pm:    There must be an attorney connected with the estate.Have him take the appropriate measures to search for any will which may have been executed by the deceased.   Martin V Smith Advanced Member Username: Mvsusaf Post Number: 266 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 72.76.38.134 Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:18 am:    A neighbor of mine died about a year ago apparently intestate. He was a Vietnam vet. Does anybody know if the Army would have kept a copy of the will we all had to make before we went there? I was thinking maybe (I know it is a stretch) it might be in his permanent file somewhere in storage. Needless to say a "battle royale" has erupted amongst his surviving brother and half sister. Thoughts?