Hello Admins!

I have an Our Veterans page on a school alumni site. The page has links to each branch of the military, where I add the name and class year, then link their name to their profile page. Well, we have a first in fifteen years. We were entering a 1932 graduate who was a veteran into In Memory. Next, we would add his name to Our Veterans, yet we do not have a branch of service. We are aware that service files were destroyed in a fire.

I hope those who specialize in all things military will help me out. I need an appropriate page (link) name to add to Our Veterans page. What would that be? "Before WWII?"

Thanks in advance!

I'm a retired U.S. Air Force officer. Regarding this veteran who graduated in 1932, the 1973 fire in St. Louis at the National Personnel Records Center destroyed millions of records for U.S. Army personnel born between 1912-1960, like this veteran. No records for veterans in other branches were destroyed for someone of this veteran's age (born around 1914), so I believe you can safely assume this veteran served in the U.S. Army and enter that info under his branch of service in his Edit Profile details.

This exact situation applied to my father, who was born in 1924 and served in the U.S. Army during WWII. While my dad's records were destroyed in the St. Louis fire, I have a copy of his discharge papers which he was given when his time in the Army was completed. If you are in touch with a family member of this veteran, they may have similar paperwork.