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Toll Free Numbers for Contacting VA
VA Benefits: 1-800-827-1000

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Each Military Branch has a Casualty Office that maintains information on those veterans who are missing in action (MIA) and some information on those who were killed in action (KIA). Contact the respective service of the veteran.

Army: 1-800-892-2490 -- Navy: 1-800-443-9268
Marine: 1-800-847-1597 -- Air Force: 1-800-531-5501

To obtain additional information on those veterans killed in action (KIA), contact the National Personnel Record Center (Military Personnel Records) at: www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html or
1-800-318-5298.......SOURCE:  Korean War Commemoration

Persian Gulf War Veterans 
Gulflink Accessed @ http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/

• The Following is re-published from Gulflink; Please access Gulflink for more details concerning your rights, benefits and organizations that may be of help to you.

Active duty military personnel with questions or concerns about their service in the Persian Gulf region: contact your commanding officer or call the Department of Defense (DoD) Gulf War Veterans Hotline (1-800-497-6261).

Gulf War veterans with concerns about their health:contact the nearest VA medical center. The telephone number can be found in the local telephone directory under Department of Veterans Affairs in the "U.S. Government" listings. A Persian Gulf Registry examination will be offered. Treatment will be provided to eligible veterans.

Gulf War veterans in need of marital/family counseling:
contact the nearest VA medical center or VA vet center. For additional information, call the VA Gulf War Information Helpline at 1-800-PGW-VETS (1-800-749-8387).

Gulf War veterans seeking disability compensation for illnesses incurred in or aggravated by military service: contact a Veterans Benefits Counselor at the nearest VA regional office of health care facility or call the VA Gulf War Information Helpline at 1-800-PGW-VETS (1-800-749-8387).

Gulf War veterans interested in learning about the wide range of benefit programs administered by the VA: contact a Veterans Benefits Counselor at the nearest VA regional office or health care facility or call the VA Gulf War Information Helpline at 1-800-PGW-VETS (1-800-749-8387).

Individuals with first-hand information about "incidents" that occurred in the theater of operations during the Gulf War and that may be related to health problems experienced by individuals who served in the War: call the DoD "Incidents" Hotline at 1-800-497-6261.

   More Phone Numbers   

• TRICARE QUESTIONS TRICARE FOR LIFE 
  1-800-977-6753

• TRICARE QUESTIONS - FOR BENEFITS
  1-888-363-5433

• SOCIAL SECURITY - 1-800-772-1213

• MEDICARE - 1-800-638-6833

• WHITE HOUSE - (202) 456-1414

• UNITED STATES SENATE
  (202) 224-3121

• UNITED STATES CONGRESS - (202) 225-3121

• SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
  1-800-827-5722

• I.R.S. - 1-800-829-1040 

• NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
  1-800-422-6237

• DEERS UPDATE - 1-800-538-9552

   Lodging   

• ARMY LODGING - 1-800-GO-ARMY-1

• NAVY LODGING - 1-800-NAVY INN

• AIR FORCE LODGING - 1-888-AF LODGE

   Misc.   

• (DEATH NOTIFICATION) - 1-800-269-5170

• DFAS CLEVELAND (RETIRED PAY ALL SERVICES)
  1-800-321-1080 

• DFAS, DENVER  
  SBP ANNUITANTS (ALL SERVICES)
  1-800-435-3396