"Steve W." wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:
It certainly did. The "guy" was born in 1950 and died in 1950, age 6
weeks.
But, still, you have the actual form with that guy's name, right?
Ive got a copy of his birth cert tucked away at my dads place. Im pretty
sure, though its been...hum...30 yrs since I looked in the footlocker.
No need. That portion of my life is long, long, long over.

That means you're missing out on VA medical care. Top shelf in this
part of the country. There's a pecking order of sorts to VA benefits.
If you're a veteran of a war and have a purple heart or two they cover
almost everything.

Karl

My FIL is seriously ****ed at the VA. His records were part of the bunch
lost in the fire years ago and other than a couple of pictures and his
discharge papers he has nothing. He took what he has to the VA and they
basically said "Tough luck pal you don't show up in the system"
I told him that the lack of paperwork wasn't the real problem, it was
that he served in the quartermaster corps planning menus and food
service for many of the folks who now run the VA.....


Some of those damaged documents have been recovered and returned to
the arcives in the last few years. If he hasn't requested them in the
last couple years, he should try again. A DOD database of names is
availible on the Military.com website. He should check to see if his
name, rank and MOS turn up.


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