Question: My wife is looking for her grandfathers service record from WWII. We know he was a quartermaster on the USS Westmoreland. He enlisted the D-day +1 in the USN. We want to figure out his rank, official service dates, and any other information we can. Goggle isn't helping much. He was a sociology teacher and has a number of books that pop up. I figured this might be a good place to check.

Name: Don C. Gibbons

Best bet would be to have his next of kin request his service records via an SF-180 form. The directions are included with the form; follow them to the letter regarding requesting records for deceased service members and the correct location to send the form.

Contact the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.

Accessing records of vets discharged before 1952