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Decades later, Veterans and Families Still Seek Answers after Devastating Fire that Destroyed Millions of Veterans’ Records

Decades later, Veterans and Families Still Seek Answers after Devastating Fire that Destroyed Millions of Veterans’ Records

by Rikki Almanza | Jul 13, 2023

  In the early hours on July 12, 1973, a fire engulfed the sixth floor of The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) in St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in the destruction of an estimated 16 to 18 million Veterans’ records....

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