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The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973, [1] also known as the 1973 National Archives fire, was a fire that occurred at the Military Personnel Records Center (MPRC) in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, Missouri, from July 12–16, 1973. The fire destroyed some 16 million to 18 million official U.S. military personnel records.
The National Personnel Records Center fire was a catastrophic fire at the records building in St. Louis that burned for more than four days in July 1973 and ultimately destroyed 16 to 18 million Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF). [12]
The term "National Personnel Records Center Director" only came into being when the two buildings were administratively (but not physically) merged in 1966. [9] National Personnel Records Center Directors. Joseph Wertzberger: 1966–1973; Warren Griffin: 1973–1979 [N 1] J. D. Kilgore: 1979–1982; David Petree: 1982–2000; Ronald Hindman ...
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July 12, 1973: Aerial view of the National Personnel Records Center fire in progress A major fire broke out that destroyed the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, Missouri .
The Federal Government intentionally started the 1973 National Archives Fire as a cover to destroy unwanted military files, erase certain records from the Second World War, and to reduce budget costs by destroying a floor of an under-budgeted federal building. (Source: National Personnel Records Center, 2007)
The fire at the holiday complex on the Isle of Man killed 50 people, including 11 children. Summerland fire campaigners seek fresh inquest into 50 deaths in 1973 Skip to main content
The burned edges are the result of the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973. ... National Personnel Records Center, Instruction Memo 1865.20E, ...