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Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Files, compiled ca. 2001 - 04/29/2008, documenting the period 06/28/1950 - 05/28/2006 ARC Identifier 2163536 Series from Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008 |
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| Creator(s): | Department of Defense. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Defense Human Resources Activity. Defense Manpower Data Center. (1997 - ) (Most Recent)
Department of Defense. Washington Headquarters Services. Directorate for Information Operations and Reports. Statistical Information Analysis Division. (ca. 1997 - ) (Predecessor) |
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| Type(s) of Archival Materials: | Data Files Textual Records |
| Contact(s): |
Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division (NWME), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0470; FAX: 301-837-3681; EMAIL: cer@nara.gov. |
| Inclusive Dates: | ca. 2001 - 04/29/2008 |
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| Coverage Dates: | 06/28/1950 - 05/28/2006 |
| Date Note: | Although the agency created these records starting in about 2001, they concern records of military personnel who died as a result of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Dates of death in the file unit "Korean War Extract Data File, as of April 29, 2008" (ARC Identifier 2240988) range from June 28, 1950 to March 10, 1954. Dates of death in the file unit "Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File, as of April 29, 2008" (ARC Identifier 2240992) from June 8, 1956 to May 28, 2006. |
| Part Of: | Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008 |
| Includes: | 4 file units described in ARC Search within this Series |
| Function and Use: | The agency created and maintained this series as an automated repository for the Department of Defense (DoD) of all official casualty information for the Korean War, the Vietnam Conflict, and all active duty deaths since October 1, 1979. The records are used to produce various standard and as-requested reports in support of DoD organizations, outside government agencies, Congress, the President, the media, and the general public. |
| Access Restriction(s): | Unrestricted |
| Use Restriction(s): | Unrestricted |
| General Note(s): | This series is the successor to the series "Records of Military Personnel Who Died as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War, ca. 1977 - 11/1979" (ARC Identifier 571686) and the series "Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam War, 01/20/1967 - 12/1998" (ARC Identifier 306742). |
| Finding Aid Type: | Doc. Package |
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| Finding Aid Source: | NARA AND THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE |
| Online Resource: | Access to Archival Databases (AAD) system |
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| Online Resource URL: | http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=4552&cat=all&bc=sl |
| Online Resource Note: | Some the files in this series can be searched online via the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) system. |
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| Disposition Authority Number(s): | N1-330-96-002 |
| Accession Number(s): | NN3-330-08-010 NN3-330-08-011 |
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