Posts in December 29, 2024

The new website https://www.birls.org/ includes a searchable version of this database of more than 18 million US veterans. From the website: “The Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) database was originally created and maintained by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA). It provides an index to basic biographical information on more than 18 million deceased American veterans…The BIRLS database includes people who served in all branches of the US military, including some branches that no longer exist, such as the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) and the Army Air Corps, as well as a few associated non-military groups and government agencies, such as NOAA. “ Also included a screenshot of my uncle’s record in this database.