Resources for Expediting Estate Settlement

If you need to contact a military member for emergency purposes, please call your local Red Cross chapter. Use operator assistance if necessary or you may also find your local Red Cross chapter telephone number by visiting redcross.org.

Navy Federal Credit Union

Decedent Accounts (8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Eastern time)

1-800-883-3323

FAX: 703-255-7963

Navy Federal Investment & Insurance Services

1-877-221-8108

Affordable Funeral Services

1-800-839-6199

Arlington National Cemetery

703-607-8585

Army-Air Force Mutual Aid Association

www.aafmaa.com

1-800-336-4538

Defense Finance & Accounting Service

www.dfas.mil

1-800-321-1080

Casualty Office: 1-800-269-5170

Survivor Benefits Plan Annuitants: 1-800-321-1080

Annuity Application Process and Application for Arrears

in Pay—Navy & Marine Corps: 1-800-269-5170

Department of Veterans Affairs

www.va.gov

Benefits: 1-800-827-1000

Life Insurance: 1-800-669-8477

Naval Military Personnel Command

Casualty Assistance Branch

www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/CasualtyAssistance/

Active Duty: 1-800-368-3202

Navy Locator

1-901-874-3388

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

703-696-4904

Navy Mutual Aid Association

www.navymutual.org

1-800-628-6011

Marine Locator

703-784-3941

Military Officers Association of America

Survivors Assistance: 1-800-245-8762

Social Security Administration

www.ssa.gov

1-800-772-1213

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

www.taps.org

1-800-959-8277

US Coast Guard, Headquarters

Decedent Affairs

www.uscg.mil

Retired: 1-800-772-8724

US Marine Corps, Headquarters

Casualty Assistance: 1-800-847-1597

US Air Force Locator

Active duty: 1-210-652-5775
afpc.randolph.af.mil/library/airforcelocator.asp

US Army Worldwide Locator

Written requests only (takes approximately four weeks). Send requests to:

Commander, US Army Enlisted Records & Evaluation Center
Attn: Locator
8899 East 56^th St.
Fort Benjamin, IN 46249-5301
1-888-771-6357

For more information, go to armycomrel.custhelp.com

Army Emergency Relief

703-428-0000
1-866-878-6378
www.aerhq.org/

Air Force Aid Society, Inc.

1-800-769-8951
www.afas.org/