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Topic: Record of Howard Wayne Jones service in the Army
Conf: Unknown KS Location Queries, Msg: 105468
From: Tracy Fiers (tracyfiers@earthlink.net)
Date: 6/18/2007 10:18 PM

I am trying to find any record of my father's service in the Army in WWII. He was born 7/15/1923 in Mayetta, Kansas. Father's name Harvey B. Jones and mother's name Bessie Gurtler Jones. I sent a request to the National Archives and Records Administration but they are unable to locate the information due to "The record needed to answer your inquiry was lost in the July 1973 fire that destroyed millions of records...Army veterans discharged...between November 1, 1912 and December 31, 1959." I know he served in the Army, enlisted, and spent some time in Virginia Beach, Virginia. They suggested a copy of his DD214 may be available from the recorder's office of the city or county where the veteran lived just after separation/discharge. Any suggestions?