The very first week the domain VietnamVets.com was registered on the internet...we were deluged with email.

Most was from folks who had apparently simply typed "vietnamvets" into the address space of their web browser.

The comments and questions in these messages were many and varied. Some simply wanted to know who we were and what we were all about. Others asked what "cause" we were going to promote on this site.

The majority of emails by far, however, were inquiries on how the writer could find someone who served in Nam. The letters were from old buddies, lovers and acquaintances. By far the most touching, however, were from people asking, "How can I find out something about my father whom I never knew?"

Whatever your reason for searching, we hope and pray this page will help YOU find who and what you are looking for.

In the USA, everyone of us leave a constant "paper trail" as we travel through life. When we're born, are in school, in hospitals, get married, register to vote, get sued, buy or sell property and when you die...

Incidentally, a voter registration form is usually found in the office of The Registra of Voters in the county court house. For what it's worth, this form is most times a source of finding a person's Social Security number and/or unlisted telephone number!

Each of those things and hundreds more leave a paper record which is usually available to the public. Following this paper trail is by far the easiest way to find a person, or to find out anything about them you want to know.

If you have a source of information which we haven't listed on this page, please share it with your fellow searchers. Just email us the info at Search Sources

Please note: Click any of the following links and they will open in a separate window on your browser. To come back to The Vietnam Vets Home Base, you will need to close the new window(s) by clicking on the "X" in the upper right hand corner of the new window.

If a person died between 1937 and the present, it is very easy to get their Social Security number plus much other information about them right here online.

Link to the Social Security Master Death Index site. Information available is the deceased person's name, date of birth, date of death, address at time of death, social security number, and in what state the card was issued. When you know name or number, you can get the other info.

The Veterans Administration site will tell you how and where to request the military records of any deceased person who has served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Also, at the same site, living vets can learn how to use the Freedom of Information Act to request their own records.

The Switchboard site will quickly find anyone in the USA with a listed telephone.

The WhoIs Link to InterNIC will show you the name, phone number and email address of anyone with an internet domain registered in their name. It will also tell you the owner of any domain name used on the internet.

Both WhoWhere Search Page and Yahoo People Search will give you similar info on phone numbers and email addresses, but we find much of their facts kind of "dated."

Several commercial search firms advertise on the WhoWhere site offering to find anyone for a price. We know nothing about them and therefore can not recommend any of them.

The BigBook Directory Search is a national "Yellow Pages". Locate any commercial business in the USA.

The next link is invaluable in finding public records about the person for whom you're searching...whether they're dead or alive.

Find out things like where to write and how much money to send for copies of birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, wills, divorces, court records, etc. All those and much more at: United States Vital Records Info