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12/07/1973 National Personal Records Center fire

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1973 Record Center fire and me at two years old.

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KETC | Living St. Louis | Federal Records

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Reconstructing Lost Military Service Records

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America's Veterans and the National Archives

The 1973 National Archives fire occurred at the Military Personnel Records Center in Overland, Missouri, striking a severe blow to the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States. MPRC, the custodian of military service records, lost approximately 16–18 million official military personnel records as a result of the fire.