Collection

Veterans

Military personnel, biographical remarks, and matched conflicts.

Showing 63,351–63,400

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Archer	J			A(C)			Civil War 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company G as P… Civil War 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT	Civil War
Archer	J	Clarence		Army			WW I - Mr Engr JG OH	World War I
Archer	J	H		Army			WW II 354th Infantry Regiment (89th Infantry Division), Ser… WW II 354th Infantry Regiment (89th Infantry Division), Service Company as T-4	World War II
Archer	J	P		Navy			WW II 5th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) TX-Harris	World War II
Archer	Jack	Wallace	PFC	MC			WW II Wounded CA	World War II
Archer	Jackie	Q		Navy			WW II LCS(L)(3) 97 as S1c	World War II
Archer	Jackie	Quinton		Navy			WW II USS Nevada (BB-36) as S2c	World War II
Archer	Jacob			Army			Mexican War 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company D… Mexican War 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company D as PVT	Mexican War
Archer	James			Army			WW II June 19 1942, member of original 1st Ranger Battalion… WW II June 19 1942, member of original 1st Ranger Battalion as PVT	World War II
Archer	James			Army			Civil War 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company B and Com… Civil War 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company B and Company H as PVT May be Archor, qv	Civil War
Archer	James			AAF			WW II 48th Fighter Squadron (14th Fighter Group)	World War II
Archer	James			AAF			WW II 398th Bombardment Group (8th Air Force)	World War II
Archer	James	B		Army			WW II 326th Field Artilley Battaion (84th Infantry Division… WW II 326th Field Artilley Battaion (84th Infantry Division) as CPT TX	World War II
Archer	James	C	PFC	Army			WW II Killed in action KS-Sedgwick	World War II
Archer	James	C	PFC	Army		1945-05-25 00:00:00.000	WW II Battle of Okinawa 96th Infantry Division Killed in … WW II Battle of Okinawa 96th Infantry Division Killed in action as PFC	World War II
Archer	James	C		Navy			WW II LST 158 as S1c	World War II
Archer	James	Clifton		Navy			WW II USS Montpelier (CL-57) as S2c	World War II
Archer	James	D., Jr.		Navy			WW II USS Alaska (CB-1) as S1c(CM)	World War II
Archer	James	E		Army			WW II 137th Infantry Regiment (35th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 137th Infantry Regiment (35th Infantry Division), Company K as PFC OH Wounded	World War II
Archer	James	F		Army			WW II 158th Field Artillery Battalion (45th Infantry Divisi… WW II 158th Field Artillery Battalion (45th Infantry Division) as 1LT	World War II
Archer	James	H		A(C)			Civil War 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT-… Civil War 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT-Musician	Civil War
Archer	James	H		Army			WW II 142nd Infantry Regiment (36th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 142nd Infantry Regiment (36th Infantry Division), Company G as TSGT NY	World War II
Archer	James	H		Army			WW II Distinguished Service Cross	World War II
Archer	James	J		CSA			Civil War 5th Texas Infantry Regiment as COL	Civil War
Archer	James	Jay	BGEN	A(C)	1817-12-19 00:00:00.000	1864-10-24 00:00:00.000	Civil War Aug 28-30 1862, Second Battle of Manassas (Bull R… Civil War Aug 28-30 1862, Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), as BGEN, Commander Archer's Brigade, Light division, Left Wing Sep 17 1862, Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), as BGEN, Commander Archer's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Light Division, Jackson's Corps, succeeded by COL Peter Turney Dec 11-15 1862, Battle of Fredericksburg, as BGEN, Commander 5th Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division, 2nd Corps May 1-6 1863, Battle of Chancellorsville, as BGEN, Commander Archer's (Fifth) Brigade, succeeded by COL B. D. Fry. Then succeeded BGEN W. D. Pender as Commander (A. P.) Hill's Division Jul 1-3 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, as BGEN, Commander 3rd Brigade, Heth's Division, 3rd Corps, succeeded by COL Birkett D. Fry May 5-6 1864, Battle of the Wilderness, as BGEN, Commander Archer's Brigade, Heth's Division, 3rd Corps	Civil War
Archer	James	Joseph		Navy	2900-01-07 00:00:00.000		WW I - NY-Herkimer	World War I
Archer	James	Long		Navy			WW II USS Alkaid (AK-114) as SC2c	World War II
Archer	James	M		Army			WW I - Bglr OH	World War I
Archer	James	M		Army			WW II 305th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 305th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Company F as PFC	World War II
Archer	James	M		Army			WW II 22nd Infantry Regiment (4th Infantry Division), Compa… WW II 22nd Infantry Regiment (4th Infantry Division), Company L as SGT MS	World War II
Archer	James	M., Jr.	SGT	Army			WW II Killed in action MS-Leflore	World War II
Archer	James	Otis		Navy			WW II USS Prairie (AD-15) as M1c	World War II
Archer	James	P		Army			WW II 743rd Tank Battalion (30th Infantry Division), Compan… WW II 743rd Tank Battalion (30th Infantry Division), Company C as SGT	World War II
Archer	James	R		Navy			WW II LST 555 as S1c	World War II
Archer	James	Travis		Navy			WW II USS Cambria (APA-36) as PhM3c	World War II
Archer	James	Vincent		Navy			WW II USS Schroeder (DD-501) as S2c	World War II
Archer	James	W		A(C)			Civil War Ist Virginia Infantry Regiment (Williams Rifles),… Civil War Ist Virginia Infantry Regiment (Williams Rifles), Company B as 2LT-1LT	Civil War
Archer	James	W		Army			Civil War 59th Indiana Infantry Regiment Medal of Honor as… Civil War 59th Indiana Infantry Regiment Medal of Honor as 1LT at Corinth MS Oct 4 1862	Civil War
Archer	James	W	MSGT	Army		1944-03-11 00:00:00.000	WW II Headquarters Company, 6th Army Finding of death Bro… WW II Headquarters Company, 6th Army Finding of death Bronze Star NC-Mecklenburg	World War II
Archer	Jay	D	PFC	Army			WW II Killed in action MO-Jasper	World War II
Archer	Jck	Connolley		Navy			WW II USS Du Page (APA-41) as EM2c	World War II
Archer	Jerome			Army			Civil War 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company D… Civil War 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company D as PVT	Civil War
Archer	Jerry	T	SGT			1944-05-22 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service CA	World War II
Archer	Jerry	T	SGT	Army			WW II CA-San Diego Died of wounds	World War II
Archer	Jesse			Army			Civil War 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery K and … Civil War 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery K and Battery I as PVT	Civil War
Archer	Jesse	Harold	SGT	Army		1969-03-10 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service TN	Vietnam War
Archer	Jesse	Harold	SGT				Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Archer	Jesse	W		AF			WW II 56th Fighter Group, 61st Fighter Squadron as enlisted… WW II 56th Fighter Group, 61st Fighter Squadron as enlisted man	World War II
Archer	Jimmie	E		Army			WW II Mountain Traning Center	World War II
Archer	Joe	E		Army			WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as P… WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as PFC	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.