This new program will facilitate the process for our Gulf War veterans to
obtain copies of their in-patient hospital records from hospitals established
during the Persian Gulf War. Although these records were located in the National
Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO, they were stored only by
the name of the hospital and date of treatment. Working with the Offices
of the Surgeons General, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the National
Personnel Record Center, we are completing an electronic data base to
cross-reference patient names and SSN with the theater hospitals and
admission dates. When this data base of over 17,500 Gulf War inpatient
records is completed, we will be able to assist veterans in requesting
copies of their hospitalization records. Veterans may call
1-800-497-6261
to find out if their inpatient record has been added to the data base and to
obtain the paperwork necessary to request a copy.
This is the third search initiated to find Gulf War veterans’ inpatient hospital records.
Since we began this effort, we have been able to locate more than 25,000 of the
approximate 27,000 records.