Service Numbers and Social Security Numbers. Service numbers and social security numbers are used at NPRC (MPR) as part of the identifiers used to store and locate records. Social Security Number (SSN). Always include the veteran's social security number on a request. Service Number (SN).
DETENTION. The act of retaining a person or property, and preventing the removal of such person or property. 2. The detention may be occasioned by accidents, as, the detention of a ship by calms, or by ice; or it may, be hostile, as the detention of persons or ships in a foreign country, by order of the government.
1. a. The act of detaining in legal custody: the arrest of a criminal suspect. b. The state of being so detained: a suspect under arrest. 2. A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part. 3. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.