Veterans · Our War Veterans

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Abbott	James	T		Army		WW II 82nd Armored Medical Battalion (12th Armored Division… WW II 82nd Armored Medical Battalion (12th Armored Division), Company B VA	World War II
Abbott	James	T	Sgt	Army		WW I - Died of Accident IL	World War I
Abbott	James	Terry	SP6	Army	1971-01-11 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service IN	Vietnam War
Abbott	James	Terry	SP6	Army		Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Abbott	James	V		Army		Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company B as… Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT-CPL May be James (NMI), qv	Civil War
Abbott	James	W		Army		WW I - KS-Bourbon	World War I
Abbott	Jay			AF		WW II 322nd Bomb Group (9th Air Force)	World War II
Abbott	Jay	M., Jr. M., Jr.		Army		WW II 264th Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) SC a… WW II 264th Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) SC as PVT	World War II
Abbott	Jefferson	L		Navy		WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 3rd Medical Battalion (3rd Marine… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 3rd Medical Battalion (3rd Marine Division), Company C as PhM2c	World War II
Abbott	Jeremiah			Navy		WW I - KS-Osborne	World War I
Abbott	Jesse	R		Army		WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company A as PVT	World War II
Abbott	Jesse	T		A(C)		Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	Jessie			Army		Civil War 12th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company F	Civil War
Abbott	Joe	P		Army		WW II 116th Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT-PFC	World War II
Abbott	Joel	B	PVT	Army		Civil War 2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment, Company H as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	John			A(C)		Civil War 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	John			Army		War of 1812 Prisonor of War at Halifax, NS, as PVT	War of 1812
Abbott	John			Army		Civil War 5th Cavalry Regiment, Company A	Civil War
Abbott	John			Army		Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery D a … Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery D a Hospital Steward and Battery A	Civil War
Abbott	John			Army		Civil War 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	John			Army		Civil War 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	John			Army		Civil War 95th New York Infantry Regiment, Company F as PVT… Civil War 95th New York Infantry Regiment, Company F as PVT-SGT	Civil War
Abbott	John		CPT	Navy	1966-04-27 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service CA	Vietnam War
Abbott	John			Army		WW II 254TH Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 254TH Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company K as PFC	World War II
Abbott	John			Army		WW II 105th Infantry Regiment (27th Infantry Division)	World War II
Abbott	John		CPT			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Abbott	John	A		Navy		WW II USS Abercrombie (DE-343) as S1c	World War II
Abbott	John	Aloysius		Navy		WW II USS Pasadena (CL-65) as MM2c	World War II
Abbott	John	Billy		Navy		WW II USS Solace (AH-5) as S2c	World War II
Abbott	John	Colby, Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Wrangell (AE-12) as BM2c	World War II
Abbott	John	D	CPL	Army	1952-11-30 00:00:00.000	Korean War Killed in action AZ-Maricopa	Korean War
Abbott	John	E	PVT	Army		WW II Killed in action TN-Hamilton	World War II
Abbott	John	E., Jr.	CPT	Army		WW II Killed in action CA-San Diego	World War II
Abbott	John	F		Army		Civil War 3rd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Company C as… Civil War 3rd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Company C as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	John	F		Army		Civil War 3rd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Company C as… Civil War 3rd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Company C as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	John	Franklin		Army		Civil War 6th Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company B	Civil War
Abbott	John	Franklin		Army		Civil War 6th Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company H	Civil War
Abbott	John	Franklin	PhM3c	Navy		WW II Wounded NJ	World War II
Abbott	John	G		Army		Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery E as … Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery E as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	John	George		Navy		WW II USS Fall River (CA-131) as S2c	World War II
Abbott	John	Hubert		Navy		WW II LST 48 as COX	World War II
Abbott	John	K		MC		WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 23rd Marine Regiment (4th Marine … WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 23rd Marine Regiment (4th Marine Division), 3rd Battalion as PFC	World War II
Abbott	John	Lucian		Navy		WW II USS Piedmont (AD-17) as F1c(B)	World War II
Abbott	John	M		Navy		WW II SACO as GM3c	World War II
Abbott	John	O		MC		WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 3rd Battalion, 28th Marine Regime… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 3rd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment (5th Marine Division) as SGTMAJ	World War II
Abbott	John	P		Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	John	P		Army		WW II 120th Infantry Regiment (30th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 120th Infantry Regiment (30th Infantry Division), Company I as 2LT Wounded	World War II
Abbott	John	P		Army		WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as C… WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as CPL	World War II
Abbott	John	R	PVT	Army		WW II Killed in action IL-Bureau	World War II
Abbott	John	S		Army		WW II 397th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), HQ… WW II 397th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), HQ Company as PFC DC	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.