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National Personnel Records Center fire

1973 fires in the United States1973 in MissouriBuilding and structure fires in the United StatesFires in MissouriHistory of St. Louis County, Missouri
July 1973 events in the United StatesLost documentsNational Archives and Records Administration
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The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973, 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 military personnel records. The MPRC, the custodian of U.S. military service records, is part of the National Personnel Records Center, an agency of the National Archives and Records Administration of the General Services Administration.

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