I have requested dozens of soldiers’ records from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC). Every response from the NPRC comes with a cover letter that references the fire that occurred in the storage facility on July 12, 1973. This fire and its aftermath destroyed about 80% of Army personnel records and about 75% of Air Force personnel records. More frequently than I would like, my requests for records return no results. Sometimes, the NPRC offers a “reconstructed” rec