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US. National Cemeteries : A collection of links to browsable and/or searchable burial transcriptions.

Purple Heart Recipient Database (United States)

African American Medal of Honor Winners from the Civil War to the Spanish American War

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces

1813 Invalid Pensioners - United States Military Veterans (archived website - may be unavailable, incomplete or slow to respond)

Medal of Honor Recipients. The Medal of Honor is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration.

Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps 1775-1900


Colonial Wars

Soldiers of King Philip's War (1675-1677)

Men and Officers who served in King Philips War (The Indian War of 1675-1677)

An index of ancestors and roll of members of the Society of Colonial Wars : the honor roll, services of members of the society during the World War, 1917-1918.


Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War Bounty Land Claims at the Library of Virginia : The collection consists of images of application files for military bounty land. Related bounty land certificate files are indexed, but not imaged.

British, German, and Loyalist Officers in the American Revolution. The names of over 2,500 men who served the British cause during the American Revolution.

American Revolutionary War Soldiers & Their Descendants. Names of thousands of soldiers, each associated with the email address of a researcher that can provide background information.

Valley Forge Muster Roll : 30,000 plus men served at the Valley Forge Encampment under General George Washington during the period of Dec 1777 to Jun 1778.

American Prisoners of the Revolution : Free online edition of this book by Danske Dandridge published about 1910. Includes the names of 8000 men.

1840 U.S. Census of Pensioners - Revolutionary War or Military Service (pdf documents). With the names, ages, and place of residence.

Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements.

Index to Loyalist Muster Rolls. A representative sampling of the muster rolls that exist for 28 American and Canadian regiments.

United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada : Directory of Loyalists

Participants in the Revolutianary War Battles of Saratoga, NY

Revolutionary War Veterans with Mayflower Descent (archived website - may be unavailable or slow to respond).

La FayetteGenWeb : A database of French soldiers who fought in the U.S. Revolutionary War. Web site in French.


War of 1812

War of 1812 Cemetery, Aero Road, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York : Names of the United States Soldiers (From 16 States) Buried in the old Military Cemetery.

American Prisoners of War that died at the British Interment Camp at Halifax, Nova Scotia in the War of 1812 (archived website - may be unavailable or slow to respond).

British 41st Regiment of Foot : Deserters and/or settlers in North America (1812-1814)

American POWs Buried at Dartmoor Prison, Devon, England 1813-1815 (archived website). During the War of 1812 many American prisoners were confined there, and their brutal mistreatment was investigated after the war by an Anglo-American commission that awarded compensation to the families of those who had died there.

1840 Census of Pensioners - Revolutionary War or Military Service (pdf documents). With the names, ages, and place of residence.

Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the War of 1812.

Native Americans Mustered into the Service of the United States in the War of 1812. Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, and Tuscarora Nations (New York State)


War with Mexico

US Mexican War Soldiers & Sailors Database

Aztec Club of 1847 Database. The most complete record of Mexican War service by American officers ever presented

Names of the survivors of Col. Stevenson's regiment. This regiment sailed from the city of New York in the fall of '46, and arrived in California, March 6, 1847. Source: "The Argonauts Of California" by C. W. Haskins, 1890.


Civil War

US Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database:
Search by Soldier. The CWSS database currently contains over 6 million soldier names from 44 states and territories.
Search Prison Records

Union and Confederate POWs of the Civil War

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War : National Graves Registration Database

Members of Quantrill's Guerillas in the Civil War. Hundreds of names, along with sources.

Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library Submitted Information: Confederate Index

Search for records from the Civil War's 1865 Sultana Tragedy

Complete Descriptive List or Muster Roll of the Crew of the U.S. Steamer "Florida" on the First day of October, 1863 (archived website).

A List Of Confederate Soldiers Buried In Our Soldiers Cemetery Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia (archived website).

Confederate Soldiers killed at Antietam. This 1869 list documents the names, regiments and location of those Confederates buried where they fell after the battles in the Maryland campaign of the Civil War.

Field Officers and Staff, 1st Cherokee Mounted Riflemen, Confederated States of America, Indian Nation

Civil War Veterans buried at Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, NY

Ellet's Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade (archived website): A brief history and roster of these little-known units which saw action on the western rivers.

Confederate Veteran Magazine 1893-1932 Index This index lists the personal names of Confederate soldiers as they appear in the Confederate Veteran Magazine between 1893 and 1932.

Complete Descriptive Muster Roll of the Crew of the U.S.S. "Brooklyn" on the 31st day of December, 1864 (archived website).

Complete Descriptive Muster Roll of the Crew of the "U.S.S. Minnesota" on the First day of January, 1865 (archived website).

Asians In The Civil War (archived website).

Norwegians in the U.S. Civil War

The Confederados : Confederate Veterans in Brazil (archived webpage). Confederate veterans who immigrated to Brazil following the Civil War.

Canadians in the Civil War by alphabetical listing.

Base de données des participants canadiens-français et franco-américains dans la guerre civile américaine. Database of French Canadian and Franco-American Participants in the American Civil War (In French)

Civil War Veterans Buried in Canada (pdf document).

American Civil War Veterans of Australia and New Zealand (archived website).

Union Navy Deaths During the War (archived website): Details obtained from the Washington, D.C., Daily National Intelligencer 1863-1864

Confederate States Navy Deaths During the War (archived website).

Union soldiers executions.

Participants at the 1886 Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in San Francisco, California (twentieth annual convention)


Post Civil War and Pre-World War

United States, Index to General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904. This collection is a card index to general correspondence received by the Record and Pension Office. The cards usually give the name of the soldier, unit in which served, name of the person or office making the inquiry, subject of the inquiry, and file number.

1900 U.S.Military and Naval Federal Census


World War I

Search ABMC Burials : More than 200,000 Americans who died in WWI or WWII are honored at an ABMC site..

WWI Aces of the United States. Honoring WWI pilots granted the designation of Ace. Biographies, medals and decorations, photos, etc.

List of Regular Army Negro Officer Personnel before World War II

An index of ancestors and roll of members of the Society of Colonial Wars : the honor roll, services of members of the society during the World War, 1917-1918 : Volume 1 - Volume 2


World War II

World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946. This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Although incomplete, the records contain data for a majority of the enlistments in the United States Army during World War II.

World War II Registry. A list of individual Americans who participated in the war effort. Search for currently enrolled honorees, or enroll a family member or friend. Any U.S. citizen who helped win the war, whether a veteran or someone on the home front, is eligible for the Registry. Names in the Registry will be forever linked to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards.

World War II Prisoners of War Data File. This series has information about U.S. military officers and soldiers and U.S. and some Allied civilians who were prisoners of war and internees.

American Casualties at Pearl Harbor. This is an index to the 2,408 American casualties during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Civilian and Military Personnel Killed in Pearl Harbour Attack on Dec 7, 1941 A comprehensive list of names.

Search ABMC Burials : More than 200,000 Americans who died in WWI or WWII are honored at an ABMC site..

World War II U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces Casualties.

State Summary of World War II Casualties from U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard Personnel.

12th Air Force: 20 Aug 1942 - 31 Aug 1945. Data from Air Force Combat Units of World War II By Maurer, Maurer, Published 1986.

WWII roster - U.S.S. Bosque (APA-135) : 49 officers and 457 crew members.

The Record of Deceased POWs in Japan During World War II. Mainly Commonwealth, American and Dutch casualties.

Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II. This series contains personal descriptive data about Japanese Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II.

Records of Duty Locations for Naval Intelligence Personnel 1942 - 1947. The records contain the following information about the military intelligence personnel attached to Naval Group China during World War II: name, rank or rate of pay, branch of service, muster roll date of reporting or detachment, date and duty location approximately every two weeks.


Korean War

Korean War Databases: Search the Killed in Action / Missing in Action database and the Casualty Database.

The Korean Honor Roll database of the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Records of Military Personnel Who Died as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War. This series contains selected descriptive data about U.S. military personnel who died by hostile means (i.e. battle deaths) as a result of combat duty in the Korean War.

State-level Casualty Lists from the Korean Conflict (1951-57)

Records of Repatriated Korean War Prisoners of War. This series contains information about 4,447 former prisoners of war (POWs) from the Korean War.

Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties. The series contains information about U.S. Army officers and soldiers who were casualties in the Korean War. According to the variable "casualty type," 27,727 records are for Army personnel who died, including personnel who died while a prisoner of war or missing in action. The remaining 82,248 records are for nonfatal Army casualties.

Records of American Prisoners of War During the Korean War. This series has records for 4,714 U.S. military officers and soldiers who were prisoners of war (POWs) during the Korean War and therefore considered casualties.


Vietnam War

Records with Unit Information on Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam Conflict. This series contains information on U.S. military officers and soldiers who died as a result of either a hostile occurrence, including while missing in action or while prisoner of war, or nonhostile occurrence in the Southeast Asian combat area during the Vietnamese Conflict.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Name Search.

Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam Conflict. This series contains records of U.S. military officers and soldiers who died as a result of either a hostile or nonhostile occurrence or who were missing in action or prisoners of war in the Southeast Asian combat area during the Vietnamese Conflict, including casualties that occurred in Cambodia, China, Laos, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Thailand.

American Women Who Died in the Vietnam War

Vietnam-Era Prisoner-Of-War/Missing-In-Action Database This database contains 134,311  records.

Records of Deceased, Wounded, Ill, or Injured Army Personnel, Including Dependents and Civilian Employees 1961-1981. This series contains information about U.S. Army personnel and their dependents who died or were injured worldwide, including missing in action and prisoners of war. Approximately 85 percent of the records relate to the Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.

Records of Awards and Decorations of Honor During the Vietnam Conflict. The series contains information about some of the awards and decorations of honor awarded to U.S. military officers, soldiers, and sailors, and to allied foreign military personnel.


Misc. Databases

Victims of the Gander Newfoundland Plane Crash - December 12, 1985 (archived website - may be unavailable or slow to respond). On Thursday, December 12, 1985, the chartered DC-8 plane carrying 248 members of the 101st Airborne Division of Fort Campbell, Kentucky and 8 crew members returning home for Christmas from peace keeping duties in the Middle East, crashed during takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland.


       




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