AGENCY: Division of Archives and Records Service
SERIES: 2794
TITLE: Military separation forms and benefit records
DATES: 1917-1979.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by surname.
DESCRIPTION: In an effort to document the military service of Utah residents from settlement of the territory until the present day, the Utah State Archives collected service records from all branches of the U.S. military, selective service documents, and veterans' education and training forms. Occasionally, copies of documents that identified military service people by name were added to the series from other local government records, newspapers, and published sources. Most of the records document military service during World War II, but there are also some records from World War I and post World War II. Most frequent are various forms verifying separation from all the branches of military service. These record personal data about the service person, transfer and discharge data, selective service data, military service data, Veterans Administration insurance and pay information, and authentication and signatures. There are numerous forms documenting the eligibility of veterans for educational training, along with their training and education records from the University of Utah. Applications for exemption from paying property tax from the 1930s are found infrequently throughout the series. Rarely, other types of records were filed with the series. Included in this category are newspaper clippings, muster rolls from the Mormon Battalion, and lists of military personnel from Utah killed during World War II. The records were given to the Utah State Historical Society by the Utah office of the U.S. Selective Service sometime after World War II. Records of service since that time were added as they became available.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Aperture cards: Retain in State Archives permanently.
Digital image: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Historical
This disposition is based on the records value in documenting the military heritage of the state.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Private