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Following is are military locator services for both active duty and retired military personnel.  Use these contacts to find people in the military.  You can also search for military personnel online at U.S Search.

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The following list of Federal agencies and private organizations assist individuals in locating persons of unknown whereabouts. The Privacy Act of 1974 prohibits Federal agencies from providing the home addresses or telephone numbers of individuals without their written permission. Keep this in mind before beginning your search. In most cases, the agency or organization will only agree to let the person know you are trying to locate them. They may also agree to forward a letter written by you to the person that you are trying to locate. Be sure to include the appropriate first class postage with the letter to the locator service. It will be up to the individual to respond.

If you suspect the person you are unable to locate has been the victim of a crime, you should immediately contact your closest law enforcement agency.

This information can help you to locate active, reserve, and retired Department of Defense (DOD) military personnel.

Each of the five branches of the military has separate procedures for contacting active or past service members. In cases of emergency, immediate family members should contact the local chapter of the American Red Cross. The telephone number and address are available from your local telephone directory, directory assistance, or by calling our National Contact Center toll-free at 1 (800) FED INFO, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., eastern time.

Provide as much identifying information as possible about the person you wish to locate, such as full name, rank, last duty assignment/last known military address, service number, and Social Security number.

The locator service is free to immediate family members and Federal and State government officials. Other family members, civilian friends, businesses, or any others must pay a non-refundable fee of $3.50 in the form of a check or money order made payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Army

The locator has been suspended.

Navy

To locate an active-duty member at the U.S. Navy:

Navy Worldwide Locator
Navy Personnel Command
PERS 312E2
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN 38055-3120

Voice:  866/827-5672 or 1-901-874-3388

Air Force

The Air Force Worldwide Locator can locate active duty personnel, as well as retirees, reservists, and guardsmen. Parents, spouses, and government officials may call 210/565-2478. Letters requesting locator service should be mailed to:

HQ AFPC/MSMIDL
550 C Street, West, Suite 50
Randolph AFB, Texas 78150-4752

Voice:  210/565-2660 (Live assistance - Monday - Friday 7:30a.m. - 4:30p.m., central time)

This service will not help in locating Air Force separatees or Air Force retirees. You may write to the National Personnel Records Center below or contact one of the various veterans’ service organizations to help in locating these persons.

Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
Saint Louis, Missouri 63132-1500

Marine Corps

The Marine Corps Locator Service can provide the duty station for active duty personnel and reservists. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., eastern time. The telephone number is 703/784-3942. Your written request should be mailed to:

Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps
Personnel Management Support Branch (MMSB-17)
2008 Elliot Road
Quantico, Virginia 22134-5030

Voice: 703/784-3941/3942/3943 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Coast Guard

To locate an Active Duty Member at the U.S. Coast Guard:

The Coast Guard World Wide Locator has duty stations for active duty personnel. To locate Active Duty Personnel Only: The telephone number is (202) 493-1697 or

Send us an e-mail with the person's full name to CGlocator@Ballston.uscg.mil

Coast Guard Personnel Command does not have custody of crew lists or current addresses for former Coast Guard service members.

To locate Coast Guard separatees:

The Military Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington, D. C. 20408, holds copies of most deck logs. The Suitland Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington D. C. 20409 has custody of muster rolls.

The National Personal Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri has a repository of records for retired and separate military members.

You will need to fill-in Standard Form 180 to request military records information. (http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.html)

The address is:

Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Ave
St. Louis, Missouri 63132

Individuals have also had success locating former and retired military personnel by placing advertisements or reunion notices in Coast Guard periodicals. These magazines have a combined circulation of several hundred thousand. Please contact the individual editors for assistance.

Other Sources from the Coast Guard:

Fred's Place offers an online E-Mail Directory of Active Duty, Reserve, Retired, Auxiliary and Civilian co-workers of the U. S. Coast Guard. This Directory is a listing of individuals that have voluntarily registered at Fred's Place and is not a complete listing of Coast Guard Personnel.

Fred's Place offers a Locator Page at: www.fredsplace.org.

The Air National Guard is a separate reserve component of the United States Air Force. The official birth date of the Air National Guard is 18 September 1947; the same day the Air Force became a separate service. The Air National Guard was a product of postwar planning during World War II. Today's guardsmen and women are your doctors, lawyers, police officers, cooks, teachers, and factory workers, white and blue-collar workers.