Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Adams	John	H		Army		Civil War 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment, Company B as PV… Civil War 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT	Civil War
Adams	John	H		Army		Civil War 3rd Artillery Regiment, Regular Army, Battery E a… Civil War 3rd Artillery Regiment, Regular Army, Battery E as PVT May be John H., qv	Civil War
Adams	John	H	PVT	Army		WW II 137th Infantry Regiment as PVT Killed in action KS-… WW II 137th Infantry Regiment as PVT Killed in action KS-Sedgwick	World War II
Adams	John	H		Navy		WW II USS Hancock (CV-19) as Y2c(T)	World War II
Adams	John	H	PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action FL-Lake	World War II
Adams	John	H	PFC	Army		WW iI Died non-battle GA-Richmond	World War II
Adams	John	H		AF		WW II 336th Fighter Squadron (4th Fighter Group) non-flying	World War II
Adams	John	H		Army		WW II 262nd Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) as 2… WW II 262nd Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) as 2LT	World War II
Adams	John	H., Jr.		AF		WW II 392nd Bomb Group as 1LT, Navigator, aircraft serial n… WW II 392nd Bomb Group as 1LT, Navigator, aircraft serial no. 42-7561 Prisoner of War Nov 13 1943 as 1LT CT	World War II
Adams	John	Henton	ENS	Navy		WW II Died in service CA	World War II
Adams	John	Howard		AF		Korean War Died in service CA	Korean War
Adams	John	J		A(C)		Civil War 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company I as P… Civil War 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Adams	John	J		A(C)		Civil War 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT-2… Civil War 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT-2LT May be James J., qv	Civil War
Adams	John	J	PFC	Army		WW II Died-non battle IN-Marion	World War II
Adams	John	J		Army		WW II Reconnaissance Company, 31st Armored Regiment as T/4	World War II
Adams	John	J		Army		WW I - 167th (4th Alabama) Infantry Regiment, Company E as … WW I - 167th (4th Alabama) Infantry Regiment, Company E as 2LT TX	World War I
Adams	John	J		Army		WW II 305th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 305th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Company A as PVT	World War II
Adams	John	J		Army		WW II 143rd Infantry Regiment (36th Infantry Division), Ser… WW II 143rd Infantry Regiment (36th Infantry Division), Service Company as 1LT	World War II
Adams	John	J		CSA		Civil War 41st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company D a… Civil War 41st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company D as PVT	Civil War
Adams	John	J		CSA		Civil War 41st North Carolina Regiment-Artillery, Company D… Civil War 41st North Carolina Regiment-Artillery, Company D as PVT	Civil War
Adams	John	J., Jr.		Army		WW II 806th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company (106th Infan… WW II 806th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company (106th Infantry Division) as	World War II
Adams	John	Joseph		Navy		WW II USS Missouri (BB-63) as S2c	World War II
Adams	John	Joseph	Ptr	Navy?		WW II Wounded MA	World War II
Adams	John	Joseph		Navy		WW II USS Sheridan (APA-51) as S1c	World War II
Adams	John	Joseph		Navy		WW II USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) as PtrV2c	World War II
Adams	John	Joseph. Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Monterey (CVL-26) as MM3c	World War II
Adams	John	K	CPT	Army	1967-03-26 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service NM	Vietnam War
Adams	John	K	CPT			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Adams	John	L		A(C)		Civil War 5th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company H and Comp… Civil War 5th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company H and Company E as SGT	Civil War
Adams	John	L		Army		WW II 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Company F as SGT	World War II
Adams	John	L		Army		WW II 137th Anti-aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion NY	World War II
Adams	John	L		Army		WW II 1944, Philippines 137th Anti-aircraft Artillery Gun … WW II 1944, Philippines 137th Anti-aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, Battery A NY	World War II
Adams	John	L		Army		WW II 305th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 305th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Company G as PVT	World War II
Adams	John	L		Army		WW II 398th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), Co… WW II 398th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), Company K as SGT FL	World War II
Adams	John	L		MC		WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 5th Engineer Battalion (5th Marin… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 5th Engineer Battalion (5th Marine Divison) as PFC	World War II
Adams	John	L		Navy		WW II 100th Naval Construction Battalion as WT1c	World War II
Adams	John	Langdon		Navy		WW II USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) as CY(AA)	World War II
Adams	John	Louis	CPL	Army	1968-07-11 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service NC	Vietnam War
Adams	John	Louis	CPL			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Adams	John	M		A(C)		Civil War 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Company D as PVT … Civil War 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Company D as PVT Also see other John M	Civil War
Adams	John	M		A(C)		Civil War 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company D Also s… Civil War 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company D Also see other John M	Civil War
Adams	John	M		Army		Civil War 1st Ohio Infantry Regiment as PVT	Civil War
Adams	John	M		Army		Civil War 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment , Company E as PVT	Civil War
Adams	John	M	1LT	Army	1944-06-30 00:00:00.000	WW II Died-non battle CA-Los Angeles	World War II
Adams	John	M., Jr.		Army		WW II 120th Infantry Regiment (30th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 120th Infantry Regiment (30th Infantry Division), Company K as 1SGT Wounded	World War II
Adams	John	Melvin		Navy		WW II USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) as SKV2c	World War II
Adams	John	N	PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action IL-Marion	World War II
Adams	John	N		CSA		Civil War 37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company E … Civil War 37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT	Civil War
Adams	John	N.H.		A(C)		Civil War 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company F as CPL	Civil War
Adams	John	O		Army		WW II 423rd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Ca… WW II 423rd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Cannon Company as SGT POW	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.