Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Andrus	Loran	A		Army			Civil War 50th New York Engineers Regiment, Company G as PV… Civil War 50th New York Engineers Regiment, Company G as PVT-Artificer	Civil War
Andrus	Louis	E	PVT			1918-12-07 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service LA	World War I
Andrus	Lyman		PVT	Army		1862-01-04 00:00:00.000	Civil War 27th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company F … Civil War 27th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company F Died Annapolis MD	Civil War
Andrus	Mc Kee		SSGT	Army			WW II Killed in action TX-Rusk	World War II
Andrus	Mc Kee		SSGT	Army			WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as S… WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as SSGT Died in service	World War II
Andrus	Melvin	E	S2c			1944-09-13 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service MI	World War II
Andrus	Melvin	Elmer	S2c	Navy			WW II Died in service MI	World War II
Andrus	Merrill	Allen		Navy			WW II USS Kennebago (AO-81) as RM3c(T)	World War II
Andrus	Millard	A	PFC	Army			WW II Died non-battle UT-Summit	World War II
Andrus	Oliver			Army			Civil War 7th New York Cavalry Regiment, Company I as PVT … Civil War 7th New York Cavalry Regiment, Company I as PVT Wounded June 3 1864 at Cold Harbor Discharged for disability Also listed as Anderson, qv	Civil War
Andrus	Orlin	A		Army			Civil War 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company K as EM	Civil War
Andrus	Paul	Dean		Navy			WW II USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83) as S1c	World War II
Andrus	Paul	Grier		Navy	1925-12-23 00:00:00.000	2012-01-26 00:00:00.000	WW II Inventor, Battelle Memorial Institute OH-Franklin	World War II
Andrus	R	E		AF			WW II 512th Bomb Squadron, 376th Bomb Group as Pilot	World War II
Andrus	Ralph			Army			WW II 50th Armored Infantry Battalion, Company A as SGT LA	World War II
Andrus	Raymond	M		Army			WW II 141st Infantry Regiment (36th Infantry Division), Can… WW II 141st Infantry Regiment (36th Infantry Division), Cannon Company as PFC TX-Harris	World War II
Andrus	Raymond	M		Army			WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company I as PFC	World War II
Andrus	Robert			AF			WW II 815th Bomb Squadron (483rd Bombardment Group)	World War II
Andrus	Robert	C	CPL	AF		1944-02-02 00:00:00.000	WW II 455th Bomb Group, 741st Bomb Squadron as CPL Died in… WW II 455th Bomb Group, 741st Bomb Squadron as CPL Died in service UT	World War II
Andrus	Robert	C	CPL	Army			WW II Died of wounds UT-Utah	World War II
Andrus	Robert	C	2LT	Army			WW II Finding of death SD-Brown	World War II
Andrus	Robert	C		MC			WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regimen… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (3rdMarine Division) as PFC	World War II
Andrus	Robert	H	2LT	Army			WW II Died non-Battle MI-Kent	World War II
Andrus	Robert	L		AF			WW II Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft IV	World War II
Andrus	Rollie	H		Army			WW I - KS-Sedgwick	World War I
Andrus	Ronald	Gordon		Navy			WW II USS Harris (APA-2) as S1c(LC)	World War II
Andrus	Stanley	K		Army			WW II 87th Signal Company (87th Infantry Division)	World War II
Andrus	Teddy	Raymon		Navy			WW II USS Maryland (BB-46) as S2c	World War II
Andrus	Wallace	W		Army			Civil War 12th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company H May b… Civil War 12th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company H May be Andrews, qv	Civil War
Andrus	Walter	E		Army			WW II CBI Merrill's Marauders as 1LT. Died Jul 1980	World War II
Andrus	Walton	R	CPL	Army			WW II Died-non battle NJ-Essex	World War II
Andrus	Walton	R		Army			WW II 90th Mountain Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Divisi… WW II 90th Mountain Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Company F	World War II
Andrus	Warren	Lee		Navy			WW II USS West Virginia (BB-48) as FCO3c	World War II
Andrus	Wayne	R		Army			WW II 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, Company K	World War II
Andrus	Willard	C		MC			WW II ID Wounded as PFC	World War II
Andrus	William			AF			WW II 305th Bombardment Group (8th Air Force)	World War II
Andrus	William	D.E.		A(C)			Civil War 11th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company D as CPT	Civil War
Andrus	William	F		Army			WW I - KS-Shawnee	World War I
Andrus	William	George	HM3c	Navy		1967-09-16 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service WI	Vietnam War
Andrus	William	George	PO3c	Navy			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Andrus	William	R		Army			Civil War 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company H as EM	Civil War
Andrus	Willis			AAF			WW II CBI Air Transport Command	World War II
Andrus	Wollaston			Army			Civil War 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery B as P… Civil War 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery B as PVT May be Andrews, qv	Civil War
Andrus	Woodrow	D	PVT	Army			WW II Died of wounds WA-Jefferson	World War II
Andrusavage	Alex	S		Army			Korean War 27th Infantry Regiment (25th Infantry Division) … Korean War 27th Infantry Regiment (25th Infantry Division) Wounded as CPL PA-Schuylkill	Korean War
Andruscavage	Frank	M	T/5	Army			WW II Died non-battle PA-Schuylkill	World War II
Andruschuk	Joseph			MC			WW II Battle of Okinawa 29th Marine Regiment (6th Marine D… WW II Battle of Okinawa 29th Marine Regiment (6th Marine Division). HQ Company, 1st Battalion as PVT	World War II
Andrusco	John			Army			WW II 375th Field Artillery Battalion (100th Infantry Divis… WW II 375th Field Artillery Battalion (100th Infantry Division), Service Battery as PFC NY-Bronx	World War II
Andruseasky	Frank	C	PVT	MC		1943-11-20 00:00:00.000	WW II Invasion of Tarawa MIA-Died in service MD per ABMC.… WW II Invasion of Tarawa MIA-Died in service MD per ABMC. PA per Pennsylvania list	World War II
Andrusewicz	Raymond	W	PFC	MC			WW II Wounded OH	World War II

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.