The Nation : Copies Found of VA Records Lost in Fire
June 24, 1988
The Veterans Administration announced the discovery of 10 million military medical records that duplicate some lost in a devastating 1973 fire, and said it will review disability claims that were rejected because of the lost files. Thomas K. Turnage, the VA administrator, said the agency became aware of the records last week and said that it was too early to tell how many people would be affected. The fire at the National Personnel Record Center in St. Louis, Mo., destroyed or seriously damaged 18 million military personnel records from 1912 through 1959 for Army personnel, and 1947 through 1963 for Air Force personnel with the surnames of Hubbard and through the letter Z. The duplicate records cover the years 1942 to 1945 and 1950 to 1954, and so will primarily affect veterans of World War II and the Korean War. The records were collected by the National Research Council, a private research organization, during the 1950s as part of its analysis of Army hospital records.
The Veterans Administration announced the discovery of 10 million military medical records that duplicate some lost in a devastating 1973 fire, and said it will review disability claims that were rejected because of the lost files. Thomas K. Turnage, the VA administrator, said the agency became aware of the records last week and said that it was too early to tell how many people would be affected. The fire at the National Personnel Record Center in St. Louis, Mo., destroyed or seriously damaged 18 million military personnel records from 1912 through 1959 for Army personnel, and 1947 through 1963 for Air Force personnel with the surnames of Hubbard and through the letter Z. The duplicate records cover the years 1942 to 1945 and 1950 to 1954, and so will primarily affect veterans of World War II and the Korean War. The records were collected by the National Research Council, a private research organization, during the 1950s as part of its analysis of Army hospital records.
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