July 12, 1973🇺🇸Military Encounter
Military Base
Overland, MO: Fire destroys 16-18M military records
On July 12-16, 1973, a massive fire at the National Personnel Records Center in Overland, Missouri, destroyed 16-18 million U.S. military personnel files, including 80% of Army records from 1912-1960 and 75% of Air Force records from 1947-1964.