You can get military records from:
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/
Or if you are a fairly recent Vet you can contact:
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/
http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/pis/PC03MLTR.html
http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp
Ask for the DD214 which is the discharge paper when you fill out the appilcation for the record. The application is online on those sites.
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Try the "American War Library." If you have a copy of his Discharge papers and you know the General Order that issued the BSM, then you can request a copy of it from the National Archives. If not, they you would have to research the files or hire someone to do this. Note, that in 1947 there was a rule change that awarded the BSM to any soldiers who fought in combat as an infantryman and had been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. So it is possible that he did not earn the BSM for a specific action and after the war he ordered his discharge papers, it would show he earned the BSM.
the wd stands for 'war departmnet' not sure about the rest though sorry. can you ask him?
SWPTO: Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations
Look here for the answer: http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/VII/AAF-VII-17.html
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No dependents.
regular army
Try the "American War Library." If you have a copy of his Discharge papers and you know the General Order that issued the BSM, then you can request a copy of it from the National Archives. If not, they you would have to research the files or hire someone to do this. Note, that in 1947 there was a rule change that awarded the BSM to any soldiers who fought in combat as an infantryman and had been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. So it is possible that he did not earn the BSM for a specific action and after the war he ordered his discharge papers, it would show he earned the BSM.
Check the Unit he was in most of units have a historianwho should have the info.
Veterans Administration
the wd stands for 'war departmnet' not sure about the rest though sorry. can you ask him?
If it's not on his discharge papers, he didn't serve.
Gerard. Lionetti
SWPTO: Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations
Look here for the answer: http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/VII/AAF-VII-17.html
It probably means that the individual was entitled to the Purple Heart but,none was available for issue at that time.