Collection

Veterans

Military personnel, biographical remarks, and matched conflicts.

Showing 50,751–50,800

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Anderson	Richard	C		Army			WW I - 125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division Distinguishe… WW I - 125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division Distinguished Service Cross as PVT	World War I
Anderson	Richard	C	PFC	Army		1945-02-09 00:00:00.000	WW II 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Company C Died in… WW II 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Company C Died in service	World War II
Anderson	Richard	C	PVT	Army			WW II Killed in action PA-Erie	World War II
Anderson	Richard	C	PVT	Army			WW II Killed in action PA-Westmoreland	World War II
Anderson	Richard	C	SSGT	Army			WW II Finding of death OH-Stark	World War II
Anderson	Richard	C	2LT	Army			WW II Died non-battle NY-Richmond	World War II
Anderson	Richard	C	PFC	Army		1945-02-09 00:00:00.000	WW II 505th Regimental Combat Team (82nd Airborne Division)… WW II 505th Regimental Combat Team (82nd Airborne Division) Killed in action PA-Erie	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Carl		Navy			WW II USS Oxford (APA-189) as PhM3c	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Critchlow		Navy			WW II USS Missouri (BB-63) as CSp(A)	World War II
Anderson	Richard	D	SGT			1944-10-06 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service CA	World War II
Anderson	Richard	D		Army			WW II 30th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) as SGT	World War II
Anderson	Richard	D	SGT	Army			WW II CA-Napa Died of wounds	World War II
Anderson	Richard	D		Army			WW II In Pacific as PVT	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Dale		Navy			WW II USS Essex (CV-9) as EM3c(T)	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Dale		Navy			WW II USS Clamp (ARS-33) as S1c	World War II
Anderson	Richard	E		Army			WW II 103rd Signal Company. 103rd Infantry Division	World War II
Anderson	Richard	E		Army			Korean War 10th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne)	Korean War
Anderson	Richard	E	PFC	Army		1950-07-20 00:00:00.000	Korean War 5th Cavalry Regiment Killed in action AZ-Maric… Korean War 5th Cavalry Regiment Killed in action AZ-Maricopa	Korean War
Anderson	Richard	E		AF			WW II 460th Bomb Group	World War II
Anderson	Richard	E	PFC	Army			WW II Killed in action IN-Allen	World War II
Anderson	Richard	E		Army			WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company B as PFC	World War II
Anderson	Richard	E		Army			Civil War 7th Maryland Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT	Civil War
Anderson	Richard	E		Army			WW II 96th infantry Division NE-Douglas	World War II
Anderson	Richard	F	2LT			1945-07-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service PA	World War II
Anderson	Richard	F	2LT	Army			WW II Killed in action PA-Cambria	World War II
Anderson	Richard	F		Army			WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company F as T-4	World War II
Anderson	Richard	F		Army			WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as P… WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as PFC	World War II
Anderson	Richard	G	2LT	Army			WW II Killed in action WI-Kenosha	World War II
Anderson	Richard	G		AF			WW II September 1944, Operation Market Garden as Troop Carr… WW II September 1944, Operation Market Garden as Troop Carrier crewman	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Gunnar	PFC	Army		1968-04-15 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service IL	Vietnam War
Anderson	Richard	Gunnar	PFC				Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Anderson	Richard	H	SGT	AF		1944-09-07 00:00:00.000	WW II 30th Bomb Squadron Killed in action WA-King ABMC s… WW II 30th Bomb Squadron Killed in action WA-King ABMC shows him as SGT. Washington list shows him as PFC	World War II
Anderson	Richard	H		Army			WW II 56th Armored Infantry Battalion ME	World War II
Anderson	Richard	H	1LT	Army			WW I - Company F, 349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Division as… WW I - Company F, 349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Division as 1LT MN	World War I
Anderson	Richard	H		Army			WW II 63rd Reconnaissance Troop (63rd Infantry Division) as… WW II 63rd Reconnaissance Troop (63rd Infantry Division) as T-5	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Henry	StM2c	Navy			WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Henry	StdM2c	Navy			WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Henry	ARM3c	Navy			WW II Wounded SD	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Henry		Navy			WW II USS Cache (AO-67) as F2c	World War II
Anderson	Richard	Heron	LGEN	A(C)	1821-10-07 00:00:00.000	1879-06-26 00:00:00.000	"Fightin' Dick" Mexican War Civil War As COL, at Fort Sum… "Fightin' Dick" Mexican War Civil War As COL, at Fort Sumter As COL, a Commander of 3rd South Carolina Heavy Artillery Regiment As COL, a Commander of 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment As COL, a Commander of 15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Oct 9 1861, as BGEN, commander of Confederate forces at Battle of Santa Rosa Island Aug 28-30 1862, Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), as MGEN, Commander Anderson's Division Sep 17 1862, Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), as MGEN, Commander Anderson's Division Dec 11-15 1862, Battle of Fredericksburg I, as MGEN, Commander Anderson's Division May 1-6 1863, Battle of Chancellorsville, as MGEN, Commander Anderson's Division Jul 1-3 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, as MGEN, Commander Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps May 5-6 1864, Battle of the Wilderness, as MGEN, Commander Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps	Mexican War
Anderson	Richard	J	CPL	Army			WW II Died-non battle MI-Cass	World War II
Anderson	Richard	J		Army			WW II 152nd Armored Signal Company (12th Armored Division) … WW II 152nd Armored Signal Company (12th Armored Division) NY	World War II
Anderson	Richard	J		Army			WW II Battle of Okinawa 96th Infantry Division WIA as PFC	World War II
Anderson	Richard	J		Army			WW II 96th infantry Division IL	World War II
Anderson	Richard	K		Army			WW II 422nd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Me… WW II 422nd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Medical Detachment as PFC POW	World War II
Anderson	Richard	K		AAF			WW II HQ, 459th Bombardment Group as 2LT-1LT	World War II
Anderson	Richard	K		Army			Mexican War Hays Regiment, 1st Texas Mounted Volunteers, Co… Mexican War Hays Regiment, 1st Texas Mounted Volunteers, Company D as 3SGT	Mexican War
Anderson	Richard	K		Army			WW II 264th Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) ND a… WW II 264th Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) ND as PVT	World War II
Anderson	Richard	L		Army			WW II 335th Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT OK	World War II
Anderson	Richard	L		Army			WW II 335th Infantry Regiment, Company A as PFC Wounded M… WW II 335th Infantry Regiment, Company A as PFC Wounded MN	World War II

Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

This web page is focused on American war veterans themselves. In addition to the searchable database table of names, several other sources are described (and some are linked) below. It is not about the generals and admirals, although the table includes many of those. However, they get plenty of fame and glory elsewhere. This site is about the rank and file of people who have served, whether volunteers or draftees, making up the depth of the forces needed in the times of our wars.

Links to some of the sources I have used, plus sources in printed books, are described below.

Revolutionary War

Probably the best source of information about the individual American soldiers of the Revolutionary War is the books published by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). These are the result of extensive research, and should be available in major public libraries. As far as I know they are not generally for sale publicly.

Valley Forge

Possibly the most famous place associated with the American Revolution is Valley Forge, an encampment outside Philadelphia where the men of George Washington’s army spent a bitterly cold winter early in the war. A searchable database is available at the Valley Forge Muster Roll site. That site will not produce a complete list of every person in their database by a single query, and is limited to 1,000 names per query, but can provide a list of all the persons with a given last name or all of those in a particular regiment (if the regiment had not more than 1,000 members there).

Saratoga

The most decisive engagements of the Revolutionary War were the series of actions around Saratoga, NY in 1777. A site containing information about each of the participants in those actions is at the Saratoga List.

National Parks Service (Civil War)

The National Parks Service (NPS), among its other duties, is responsible for the administration and care of the National Battlefield Parks that were the sites of major Civil War battles. Some years ago the NPS undertook a major project involving thousands of volunteers to digitize the written records of the people who served in that war, on both sides. The result of that effort is now online at the NPS web site.

This is a treasured resource, but one of its characteristics is that in many cases it lists several names that are actually different spellings of one person’s name. As a result, although about 3,500,000 persons participated in the war, the NPS list includes about 6.5 million entries.

World War I

Soldiers of the Great War, is a printed book published in 1920, written by W.M. Haulsee, F.G. Howe, and A.C. Doyle. This publication includes those Americans who died in World War I, listed by state, type of casualty, and rank. These books may be found in major libraries. I found them in the Tampa Florida public library.

At least four states published lists of all of their residents who served in World War I. These books are very detailed, giving quite a bit of information about each person listed. The states for which I have found such volumes are Maine, Maryland, North Dakota and Ohio. I found them in the Columbus Ohio main public library.

Kansas also published a list of its residents who served, by military service and by county, but this publication only lists the names. It was found in the library of the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka Kansas.

World War II

National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (commonly known as the National Archives) has a website that lists the 425,000 American military people who died in service during World War II, and also lists Navy and Marine Corps personnel who were wounded, missing, or POW. That site is the NARA site. This link takes you to the state index of the Army and Air Force (Army Air Corps) deaths during the war, and has a link to the index of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties.

WW II Navy Muster Rolls

A site called Fold3 (a pay site) shows the quarterly muster rolls of enlisted men serving aboard the Navy ships in World War II. See the Fold3 site.

Marine Corps Muster Rolls

A site called Ancestry.com (a pay site) includes the muster rolls of U.S. Marine units (officers and enlisted) for World War II and a much longer period before and after. Their site is Ancestry.com. I have so far used this source in finding the names of the Marines who were at Guadalcanal.

American Battle Monuments Commission

Many American war veterans who died overseas are buried in a cemetery in or near the country where they died, especially those who died in World War II. These American cemeteries are administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). That organization maintains a web site showing the names of persons buried in their cemeteries, as well as some information about those people, including their rank, serial number, state, and location of their burial. See the ABMC search site. This will not produce a displayed roster. It is a searchable database.

Some Rosters

Of the many large Army units in the war, such as the Infantry divisions, most have not posted rosters on the Web, or at least I have not found them. Following are a few of the ones that are available.

10th Mountain Division
30th Infantry Division
35th Infantry Division (Partial) – roster index

A Roster of the Officers and Enlisted Men of the 84th Infantry Division has been published in book form. I found a copy through interlibrary loan.

Three books have been published showing the rosters of the three Marine Divisions that participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. They are available in paperback from online sources:

Complete 3rd Marine Division Unit Rosters: Compiled from January 1945 Muster Roll (USMC WW II Unit Rosters)
Complete 4th Marine Division Unit Rosters: Compiled from January 1945 Muster Roll (USMC WW II Unit Rosters)
Complete 5th Marine Division Unit Rosters: Compiled from January 1945 Muster Roll (USMC WW II Unit Rosters)

Korean War Project

About 38,000 Americans lost their lives in the Korean War. (Various sources give vastly different numbers.) Information about those persons is included in a site titled Korean War Project. That site is maintained by two brothers in Dallas in honor of their uncle who served in that war. Go to the Korean War Project site.

Vietnam War

Hundreds of thousands of Americans went to Vietnam in the uniform of their country. I don’t believe there is any public list of all of them. But about 58,000 of them died there or because of their service there. In addition to being on The Wall in Washington DC they are listed by state in a National Archives Vietnam War web site.

Department of Veterans Affairs

This site includes veterans buried in U.S. National Cemeteries as well as other veterans who have met certain criteria for being included in the list, as well as many wives and dependent children. Both war veterans and other veterans are included. The war in which a veteran served is shown where applicable. I estimate that the site includes on the order of 8 million names, of which maybe half are war veterans. Go to the Grave Locator.