Military Records of Naval personell stationed at NewfyJohn in April/May/June of 1945
Posted by Robert Baird on May 22, 2016, 7:35 pm
I am looking for information about Richard Boucher at Buckmasters field during that time. Anyone with knowledge of methods of locating this information would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Military Records of Naval personell stationed at NewfyJohn in April/May/June of 1945
your best bet is to try to obtain a copy of Richard Boucher's official military service record. His service record should list all of his assignments and applicable dates, training, awards and decorations, medical records, etc. For information on obtaining his service record, see this page on the Armed Guard website that I maintain: http://armed-guard.com/searchmil.html. In particular, see section II.A.1, Records of Individuals – U.S. Military. You will need to contact the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, which is a facility maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), providing as much identifying information as you have. The Records Center will charge a fee for researching, copying and mailing information. I expect that the Records Center will advise you of any fee prior to beginning work on your request.
Note that if you are not next of kin to Richard Boucher, you may not be able to obtain his full service record. (Next of kin = parent, spouse, sibling, child.) Therefore it would be best if the request to the Records Center was submitted by a person who is next of kin to Richard Boucher, if any such individual is available, in order to obtain the full service record. You can do the legwork of research, completing forms and otherwise preparing the request but the request should be signed by the next of kin. If there is no next of kin available, make the request yourself and hope for the best.
Good luck.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website www.armed-guard.com