Need to know around 1943-1945 when Henry E. Boerner, Sr signed up to
join the Navy. He was from either Kensington, Frankford or
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  May or may not have the Sr on the end. 
Was married with 2 children.  Was on the USS Pittsburgh headed for
Japan.  He was a Chief Petty Officer in the engine room.

Hi there!

Under US Federal law, requests for information from military personnel
records must be in writing, signed, dated, and mailed to the office of
the National Archives and Records Administration in which the records
reside.  The National Archives and Records Administration stores
records at several different facilities:

"Requests for military personnel records or information from them 
cannot be accepted by e-mail at this time. The Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a) and Department of Defense directives require a written 
request, signed and dated, to access information from military 
personnel records. Our e-mail address below should only be used only 
to request general information (hours of operations, procedures, and 
forms) or to submit compliments, complaints or concerns." 
  
National Personnel Records Center -  Military Personnel Records  
http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records.html

Searching on [ navy records ], I found that the records you require
are stored at the National Personnel Records Center:

"The National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Boulevard, St.
Louis, Missouri 63132-5100 has custody of the official individual
personnel records of Navy commissioned officers separated after 1902
and Navy enlisted personnel separated after 1885. These records
include the full name of the serviceman, next of kin, date of
enlistment, date retired, units with which he served, and any medals
and awards to which the veteran was entitled, as well as other
details. Information from these records is available to the veteran,
or if deceased, to the next of kin. Contrary to rumors, the 1973 fire
did not destroy Navy or Marine Corps records."

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
Official Service And Medical Records
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq19-1.htm

To obtain the information you seek, you'll need to fill out Standard
Form 180:

Standard Form 180  
http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records/standard_form_180.html
 
Fill it out as completely as possible, sign it, date it and mail it
to:
 
National Personnel Records Center  
Military Personnel Records  
9700 Page Avenue  
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100

The form does call for the individual's service number.  If you do not
have this number, you can usually get it by sending a letter to:

Modern Military Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road 
College Park, MD  20740

Be certain to include name, known dates of service, and ship on which
he served.

From the phrasing of your question, it appears you're doing
genealogical research.  If this is the case, the Genealogy page from
the National Archives may be of some interest to you:

NARA - Geneaology
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/index.html

Good luck!


--Missy

Was very satisfied with the answer because Missy gave me all the
e-mail addresses that I needed.  Thanks Missy