MCO P1070.12K W CH 1 MARINE CORPS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ...

IRAM 2007
combat area. When an activity is designated, use existing
procedures to get the service record to the organization to which
the Marine is joined.
b. Overseas activities will transfer evacuees by service
record to the appropriate casualty administrator as set forth in
the current directive that designates clearing agencies and
casualty administrators. Cite authority for transfer in each case.
c. The casualty organization which first receives the service
record of an unlocated evacuee will try to locate the Marine and
forward the service record to the parent organization. If the
Marine has not been located after 30 days following transfer from
the combat unit, transfer the Marine by service record to the
designated clearing agency. In those instances where the casualty
administrator and the clearing agency are the same activity, the
joining and transferring of Marines at the end of the 30 day period
will not apply.
d. When the clearing agency receives the service record, it
will start action to locate the Marine. If the Marine is not found
within 30 days, the clearing agency will hold the service record
and ask for locator service from the CMC (MMSB-10). When the
Marine is located, forward the service record to that organization.
e. Commanders in CONUS will use the designated clearing agency
to locate service records of evacuees with the casualty
administrator listed as an information addressee. Include in the
request, the itinerary given by the Marine or taken from any
service records which are available. Place a copy of the request
in the Marine's temporary service record. If the clearing agency
does not locate the service record within 30 days, it will endorse
and return the request with any information that may assist the
commander concerned.
f. If a request for service records has been sent to a
clearing agency and the service record is received from some other
organization, notify the clearing agency and cancel the request.
The clearing agency will in turn notify, by message, any other
organization to which the request may have been forwarded.
g. When a request is returned indicating that the clearing
agency cannot locate the original service record, the commander of
the organization to which the Marine is joined will request a
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