June 5, 1997 The Honorable Susan Molinari Member, U .S. House ...

INDIVIDUAL DECEASED PERSONNEL FILESPursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and thePrivacy Act, a family member may now request an IndividualDeceased Personnel File (IDPF/293 File) from the Departmentof the Army .Files are available for the following categories :(1) World War II - all branches (Army, Army Air Corps,Navy and Marine Corps) .(2) Korean War - Army only .(3) Vietnam War - Army only .As a minimum, your request should contain the deceasedperson's full name, date of birth, date of death, service numberbranch of service and whether he/she was a World War II, KoreanWar or Vietnam War casualty .The Army does not have copies of World War I files ; thosefiles, which also are known as "Cemeterial Files," have beenturned over to the National Archives .Archives also has files for all branches (Army, Army Air,Navy and Marine) and "Civilians with the Forces" contained inStack 11W, available for reading in a designated reading room .Archives also has information related to Civil War militaryservice .For information regarding burial at sea, contact NavyMortuary Affairs, P .O . BoK 886999, Great. Lakes, IL 60088 .There may be costs incurred for which the requester maybe responsible .Caution : Files may contain stark reality of the horrorsof war and death ; they are mortuary and medical records andmay be very painful to read .