Military service records for Missouri Veterans are maintained by the Missouri State Archives. All inquiries and requests should be directed to them. They are located at: 600 West Main, PO Box 1747, Jefferson City, MO 65102; Phone: 573-751-3280; Email: archref@sos.mo.gov.

Hours at the archives are: 8:00-5:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 8:00-9:00, Thursday; 8:00-3:30, Saturday.

For more information about military records kept at the Missouri State Archives go to their web site.

For veterans from other states, The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the official repository for records of military personnel who have been discharged from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard.

Paper copies of military service and pension records can be ordered by mail from the facility which holds the records.

To order military service records from Washington, D.C., use NATF Form 86. To order military pension records, use NATF Form 85.

The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, holds military personnel files of later military service records.

Access to Military Service Records is limited. See Services for Veterans, Next-of-Kin, or the Veteran's Representative for more information.

To order records from St. Louis: If you a veteran or next-of-kin of a deceased veteran, use vetrecs.archives.gov ;  All others, use Standard Form 180.

Note: Many records were destroyed by fire in the St. Louis Center in 1973.

For more information about researching military service records, see: NARA's Genealogy page.

The Above information is from: An Overview of Records at the National Archives Relating to Military Service.