For those of you who have not requested this file you can do so at no cost. You Must provide the name, date and circumstances and Serial # if known. It is possible to find that at this site
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=WR26

The Freedom of Information act allows Next-of-kin & others can request information on veterans who were Killed in Action, (KIA), and in many cases, can get a detailed file on the handling of the body from the time of death until burial in a U.S. Military cemetery and/or removal to the U.S., and in some cases, information on where the body was re-interred in the U.S.A.

This information is contained in an "Individual Deceased Personnel File (I.D.P.F.), and may be obtained as follows:


Write to the agency below, requesting the "IDPF". on: Veteran's full name; Army Serial #; Unit if known; date and place of death if known; and your relationship to the deceased veteran.

The more details that are furnished, the quicker they can research this information and reply to you. Replies typically are made within 6-8 weeks of receiving this data.

U.S. Army Human Resources Command
ATTN: AHRC-PAO (FOIA), Rm 7S65
200 Stovall Street
Alexandria, VA 22331-0400

For those who would like a copy of the IDPF for Soldiers that are listed as Missing, body not recovered, they should send their request to:

U.S. Army Human Resources Command
ATTN: AHRC-PER, Rm 4S15
200 Stovall Street
Alexandria, VA 22331-0482


Don Byers
Group Historian

Thanks Ron I was looking for that email address because I knew there was one but forgot where it was!!!!

Mid-2017 I learned (from Army HRC) that IDPFs are now at the National Archives, Suitland, MD. I don't know when the change actually occurred. As always, good hunting.

"Mr. Bryson -
As per where you may obtain the documentation, the only place that will have the Posthumous actions is the National Archives in Suitland, Maryland. This archival location stores the "Individual Deceased Personnel Files" (IDPFs) on MIA and KIA service members. [These are separate files from the Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) maintained at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]. The IDPFs will have all correspondence and documentation related to the final disposition of specific service member records. In this case there will be separate IDPFs for each of the crew, i.e., 9 IDPFs. In each file, correspondence from the TAG and other War/Army Departments with the family will be found. To order these documents, you would need to go to the National Archives. More information about this process can be found at: https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/suitland/public

Timothy Barnard, Historian Awards & Decorations Branch
Army HRD
1600 Spearhead Division Avenue, Dept. 107
Fort Knox, Kentucky 40122-5504
502-613-4400
usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.foia@mail.mil