You can get a copy of most military and medical records from the Official Military Personnel Files . They must provide this services by law and balance between the right of the public to obtain information from military service records, and the right of the former military service member to protect his/her privacy. You must sufficiently identify the person whose record is requested.

Information about replacing awards and medals .

Any veterans have the rights to full access to the military record. Access is allowed also to Next-of-kin of deceased veterans, unremarried widow or widower, son or daughter, father or mother, brother or sister.

Also some authorized third party requesters, like lawyers, historians, doctors, are allowed to request this information with the veteran's (or next of kin's) signed and dated authorization. All authorizations should specify exactly why is allowing to be released to a third partyand are valid one year from date of signature.