Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Andrews	Charles	William		Navy			WW II USS Santa Fe (CL-60) as S1c	World War II
Andrews	Charlie			Navy			WW II US Fanning (DD-385) as AS	World War II
Andrews	Charlie	T		Navy			WW II USS Blue (DD-387) as S2c	World War II
Andrews	Charlie	Thomas		Navy			WW II ID Wounded as S2c	World War II
Andrews	Chas.	J		Army			Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery B as… Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery B as PVT	Civil War
Andrews	Chase		PVT	Army			WW II Died-non battle NY-New York	World War II
Andrews	Chauncey			Army			Civil War 2nd New Jersey Infantry Regiment, Company I as PV… Civil War 2nd New Jersey Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Andrews	Chester		SGT			1945-07-18 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service WI	World War II
Andrews	Chester			Army			Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery B as… Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery B as PVT	Civil War
Andrews	Chester		SGT	Army			WW II Finding of death WW II WI-Forest	World War II
Andrews	Chester	D		Army			WW II 422nd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Co… WW II 422nd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Company G as PFC	World War II
Andrews	Chester	G	PVT	Army		1847-08-20 00:00:00.000	Mexican War 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT … Mexican War 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT Killed in Mexico	Mexican War
Andrews	Chester	G	PVT	Army		1847-08-20 00:00:00.000	Mexican War 15th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company … Mexican War 15th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company B Killed in action	Mexican War
Andrews	Christ	P		MC			WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 2nd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 2nd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment as PVT	World War II
Andrews	Christopher		CPL			1944-07-26 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Andrews	Christopher			Army			Civil War 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery Regiment (14th R… Civil War 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery Regiment (14th Reserves), as PVT	Civil War
Andrews	Christopher		PFC	Army		1967-12-03 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service FL	Vietnam War
Andrews	Christopher		PFC				Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Andrews	Christopher	A	CPL	MC			WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Andrews	Christopher	Columbus		Army	1829-10-27 00:00:00.000	1922-09-21 00:00:00.000	Graduated Harvard Law School Civil War	Civil War
Andrews	Christopoher	A	CPL	MC			WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Andrews	Clair	Ferris	PFC			1918-07-21 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service NY	World War I
Andrews	Clair	Ferris	PVT				WW I - Killed in action NY	World War I
Andrews	Clare	J		Army			WW II 423rd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), HQ… WW II 423rd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), HQ 1st Battalion as PVT POW	World War II
Andrews	Clarence	Austin Kenneth		Navy			WW II USS Franklin (CV-13) as S2c	World War II
Andrews	Clarence	E		Navy			WW I - KS-Seward	World War I
Andrews	Clarence	E		AAF			WW II 70th Fighter Squadron Two Engine as SGT	World War II
Andrews	Clarence	H		Army			WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company C as PVT	World War II
Andrews	Clarence	Herbert		Navy			WW II USS Piedmont (AD-17) as SC3c	World War II
Andrews	Clarence	Howard		Navy			WW II USS Washington (BB-56) as S2c	World War II
Andrews	Clarence	Le Roy		Navy			WW II USS Prometheus (AR-3) as S1c	World War II
Andrews	Clark			Army			Civil War 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Company F as 2LT	Civil War
Andrews	Claude	Lee		Navy			WW II USS William P. Biddle (APA-8) as EM1c	World War II
Andrews	Clayton			Army			Civil War 31st Ohio Infantry Regiment as CPL. Co E	Civil War
Andrews	Clayton	P	T/5	Army			WW II Killed in action OH-Preble	World War II
Andrews	Cleveland			Navy			WW II USS Bountiful (AH-9) as S1c(SC)	World War II
Andrews	Clifford	C		Army			WW I - 136th Field Artillery Regiment, Battery D as SGT OH… WW I - 136th Field Artillery Regiment, Battery D as SGT OH-Hamilton	World War I
Andrews	Clifton	Bishop	MAJ	MC		1966-07-25 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died of non-hostile cause AL	Vietnam War
Andrews	Clifton	Bishop	MAJ				Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Andrews	Clifton	Hubert		Navy			WW II USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) as COX(T)	World War II
Andrews	Clifton	N	PFC			1945-04-01 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service CA	World War II
Andrews	Clifton	N	PFC	Army			WW II Killed in action CA-Stanislaus	World War II
Andrews	Clifton	N		Army			WW II 413th Infantry Regiment (104th Infantry Division) Ki… WW II 413th Infantry Regiment (104th Infantry Division) Killed in action	World War II
Andrews	Clinton	M		A(C)			Civil War May 5-6 1864, Battle of the Wilderness, as COL, C… Civil War May 5-6 1864, Battle of the Wilderness, as COL, Commander 2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment	Civil War
Andrews	Clinton	Victor		Navy			WW II USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) as S1c	World War II
Andrews	Clyde	Arnold		Navy			WW II USS Ammen (DD-527) as F2c(BE)	World War II
Andrews	Clyde	H		Army			WW II 337th Infantry Regiment (85th Infantry Division), Ser… WW II 337th Infantry Regiment (85th Infantry Division), Service Company as SSGT FL Wounded	World War II
Andrews	Clyde	K		MC			WW II USS General R.E. Callan (AP-139) as PFC	World War II
Andrews	Coley	L	SGT	Army		1966-12-19 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died of wounds AL	Vietnam War
Andrews	Coley	L	SGT				Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War

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.