Utah Military Discharge and Benefit Records
Military service and discharge records are federal records.
The Utah State Archives has copies of discharge records
(form DD-214) and educational benefit records for World War
II veterans and some Korean War veterans. Photocopies
of discharges can be made and mailed to you.
Others should contact the Military
Personnel Records Center. Veterans who were discharged
since 1979 should contact the Utah
State Office of Veterans Affairs. The following record
series are available at the Utah State Archives:
State Archives. Military Separation Forms and Benefit
Records, 1917–1979 (Series
2794) .
- Most of the records document military service during World
War II, but there are also some records from World War I
and the Korean War.
Office of Veterans' Affairs. Veterans' Case Files,
1973-1979 (Series
2255).
- These case files contain information filed to obtain educational
benefits, discharge upgrades, death benefits, loan guarantees,
medical benefits. Copies of discharge papers for some
veterans who sought benefits for military service in the
1970s may be filed in this series.
County Recorder Military Discharge Records
Many Utah veterans have had their United States military
discharges recorded by their local county recorder. As Utah
veterans presented their military discharges, county recorders
organized them in books kept for that purpose, or in the county's
official records. The most recent records and computerized
indexes to them (such as for Salt Lake county, 1981 to present)
are only available at county recorders'
offices. However, the Utah State Archives holds microfilmed
copies of many earlier discharges recorded by county recorders.
Since many discharges were recorded well after the actual
date of separation, beginning dates in a series do not reflect
the earliest date of discharge. The Utah State Archives
has the following microfilmed:
|
County
|
Date
|
Series
|
| Box Elder |
1944 - 1952
|
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| Carbon |
1944 - 1958
|
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| Duchesne |
1945 - 1994
|
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| Emery |
1923 - 1952
|
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| Iron |
1921 - 1964
|
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| Juab |
1944 - 1947
|
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| Kane |
1945 - 1994
|
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| Millard |
1944 - 1960
|
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| Morgan |
1943 - 1951
|
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| San Juan |
1944 - 1948
|
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| Sanpete |
1944 - 1964
|
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| Sevier |
1942 - 1970
|
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| Uintah |
1944 - 1992
|
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| Utah |
1924 - 1971
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| Wasatch |
1919 - 1954
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| Wayne |
1945 - 1974
|
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| Washington |
1923 - 1966
|
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Related Files
The following military records often give discharge information
such as the date and type of discharge and sometimes the muster
out location:
- State Archives and Records Service. Military Service
Cards, ca. 1898-1975 (Series
85268).
- State Archives and Records Service. Spanish American
War Service Cards, 1898-1899 (Series
10318).
- State Archives and Records Service. Spanish American
War and Philippine Insurrection Service Cards, 1898-1902
(Series
24048).
- State Historical Society. World War I Service Questionnaires,
1914-1918 (Series
85298).
- State Archives and Records Service. World War I
Service Records, 1914 - 1925 (Series
2793).
- State Archives and Records Service. Mexican Border Campaign
Service Cards, 1916-1917 (Series
6131).
- Board of Examiners. Indian War Veterans'
Fund Records, 1918-1928 (Series
323).
- State Historical Society. Selective Service
Cards, 1940–1957 (Series
85289).
- State Archives and Records Service. Veterans' Educational
Benefits Records, 1944-1964. (Series
2789).
- Office of Veterans' Affairs. Discharged Veterans
List, 1976-1979 (Series 10343).
- State Archives and Records Service. Veteran Burial
Location Data, 1986 (Series
8490).
