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.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word detainer. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: detainer(Noun) The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will. A type of custody. Detainer(noun) one who detains. Detainer(noun) the keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful.