Nevertheless, veterans may request issuance or replacement of their medals and awards. Family members may only request medals and awards of living veterans by obtaining their signed authorizations. Military Awards and Decorations contains instructions and addresses for submitting requests. A sample authorization is also included for review. Instructions for obtaining a copy are available through Services Available to the Public and Government Agencies .
Instructions are also available for submitting a request in letter format, if desired.
D.C. More information is available under Military Service and Pension Records on NARA's research room page. You may also wish to contact the National Archives Inquire mailbox. Therefore, we are unable to provide locator service on members still serving on active duty. Each military service has an office which deals with the world-wide location of active service personnel. The offices listed above MAY NOT be useful when trying to locate reserve or National Guard personnel.