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Death Certificates

Posted: 6 Jul 2015 6:58PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello All,

Were death certificates issued by states/cities of residence for military personnel who were killed in action overseas? For instance, would an ancestor whose primary residence was in New York City, but who was killed in Europe while serving in the US Army during World War II, have a death certificate issued by New York City and/or New York State? If so, how would I go about finding its details? (I may also pursue the question in the location in Europe where he was killed, but can't seem to find clear information on the question of possible records for him in the US, so thought I'd see if anyone here might know more about this!)

Thanks for your thoughts/leads/suggestions!

Re: Death Certificates

Posted: 7 Jul 2015 9:57AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 7 Jul 2015 12:18PM GMT
They should be able to give you the answer to that.
https://kb.defense.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/477/related/1

You also need to be aware of Individual Deceased Personnel Files aka IDPF's

http://www.ehow.com/how_7546748_obtain-individual-deceased-p...

As far as I am aware the IDPF's for the Air Force and the Navy have been transferred to the National Archives of America aka NARA, but the IDPF's for the Army, at least for the WW2 era, are still held by the U.S. Department of Defence and can be applied for from the first link in this message.

The address that you want in the first link for an application for an Army IDPF is the first address on that page, i.e. Department of the Army, Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations Center,
1600 Spearhead Division Avenue, etcetera.

The link immediately above explains the application procedure for Army IDPF's.

The following link explains about IDPF's.
http://tinyurl.com/oob4k95

That link is a web cache version of the original NARA pdf document format file.

This is the link for the original pdf file, but for some reason the link won't open or display the file in a web browser, but if you right click on the link, and then save the file to your computer, it will download the original pdf format document file to your computer, and you can then open it offline with your pdf viewer program, and it will open and display just fine.

http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/2014/handout...

This is some NARA info about IDPF's.
http://nararesearch.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/using-these-milit...

You should read this informative article as well, among other information it says that only the State of UTAH required death certificates to be issued for military personnel who were killed overseas.
http://blog.generationsbiz.com/2014/03/10/military-monday-ex...
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