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20th Century military records are housed at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
in St. Louis. In 1973 a fire destroyed many records but they do have alternatives for
finding the information from those files. For a description of what records they have see
their overview website at
http://archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/overview-of-records.html For information
on ordering those records see the website at
http://archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/standard-form-180.html
The Veterans Administration maintains a database for gravesites which can be found at
http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 The webpage also lists what is and what
is not included in the database.