The National Archives and Records Administration offers an
online military personnel records request system at
www.archives.gov. Use this
system to create a customized order form to request information
from your, or your relative’s, military personnel records. You
may request information if you are the military veteran, or
next of kin of a deceased, former member of the military
service. The next of kin can be an unremarried surviving
spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, or brother. If
you are not the veteran or next of kin, you must complete the
Standard Form 180. You can obtain this form at the site from
Fax-on-Demand, or download it, then mail or fax it to the
appropriate address on the form. You should submit a separate
request for each individual whose records are being requested.
You may submit more than one request per envelope or fax.