Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Alder	Willis	F		Army			WW II 7th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) Legion… WW II 7th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) Legion of Merit as SGT	World War II
Alder	Willis	F		Army			WW II 7th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) Bronze… WW II 7th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) Bronze Star as SGT	World War II
Alder	Wm.			Army			Civil War 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, Company G	Civil War
Alder	Woodrow			Army			WW II 133rd Field Artilley Battalion (36th Infantry Divisio… WW II 133rd Field Artilley Battalion (36th Infantry Division) as 1SGT TX	World War II
Alderdice	Boyd	K	1LT	Army		1950-11-28 00:00:00.000	Korean War Killed in ation	Korean War
Alderdice	Dewey	G		Army			WW I - 168th Infantry Regiment, Company G as PFC IA	World War I
Alderdice	James	Alfred		Army			Korean War Died in service PA	Korean War
Alderdyce	Charles			AF			WW II 436th Troop Carrier Group (9th Air Force)	World War II
Alderdyce	Charles	W		AF			WW II September 1944, Operation Market Garden as Troop Carr… WW II September 1944, Operation Market Garden as Troop Carrier crewman	World War II
Alderedge	James	F		Army			Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery C as … Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery C as PVT May be Aldrich, qv, or Aldridge, qv, or Alldridge, qv	Civil War
Alderese	Robert	H	PFC	Army			WW II Killed in action NY-Kings	World War II
Alderete	Albert	Fernandez		Navy			WW II USS Jupiter (AK-43), (boat crew) as COX	World War II
Alderete	G			Army			WW II 314th Medical Battalion (89th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 314th Medical Battalion (89th Infantry Division), Company B as PFC	World War II
Alderete	James	P		Army			WW II 103rd Signal Company. 103rd Infantry Division	World War II
Alderete	Jess	Mac		Navy			WW II USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83) as Bgmstr3c	World War II
Alderete	Manuel		PVT	Army		1942-05-19 00:00:00.000	WW II 515th Coast Artillery Regiment, Company H 1942, on B… WW II 515th Coast Artillery Regiment, Company H 1942, on Bataan Died overseas NM	World War II
Alderete	Manuel		PVT	Army			WW II Died non-battle NM-Bernalillo	World War II
Alderete	Melquiades			AF			WW II 767th Bomb Squadron (461st Bomb Group)	World War II
Alderete	Ramon	S		Army			WW II 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, Company C 1942, on B… WW II 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, Company C 1942, on Bataan Died overseas NM	World War II
Alderete	Ramon	S	PVT	Army			WW II Died non-battle NM-Grant	World War II
Alderette	Manuel	S	PFC	Army			WW II Died non-battle NM-Grant	World War II
Alderfer	George	E	2LT			1944-01-21 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service OH	World War II
Alderfer	George	E	2LT	Army			WW II Finding of death OH-Medina	World War II
Alderfer	Harrison		2LT	Army		1945-01-11 00:00:00.000	WW II Killed in action PA-Philadelphia County	World War II
Alderfer	Lloyd	H		Army			Korean War Died in service IN	Korean War
Alderfer	Richard	K	PFC	MC			WW II Died in service PA	World War II
Alderhorst	Victor		PVT	Army		1865-03-13 00:00:00.000	Civil War 2nd Maryland Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT … Civil War 2nd Maryland Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT POW Died in prison	Civil War
Alderice	Arthur	Abbott		Navy			WW II USS Blueback (SS-326) as TM2c	World War II
Alderice	Marvin	Duke		Navy			WW II USS Piedmont (AD-17) as EM3c	World War II
Alderidge	James	Curtis	SP4	Army		1969-02-24 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service TN	Vietnam War
Alderidge	James	Curtis	SP4	Army			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Alderisio	Frederick	Alfred	ART3c	Navy		1945-03-19 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service PA	World War II
Alderisio	Frederick	Alfred		Navy			WW II USS Franklin (CV-13) as ART3c	World War II
Alderman	"E"	Wayne		Navy			WW II USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) as RdM3c(T)	World War II
Alderman	(J)	William		CSA			Civil War 61st Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company D as 4SGT… Civil War 61st Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company D as 4SGT-3SGT Possibly killed	Civil War
Alderman	A			CSA			Civil War 41st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company H a… Civil War 41st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company H as 3CPL	Civil War
Alderman	A			CSA			Civil War 41st North Carolina Regiment - Artillery, Company… Civil War 41st North Carolina Regiment - Artillery, Company H as 3CPL	Civil War
Alderman	Albert			Army			Civil War 90th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company K an… Civil War 90th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company K and Company A a PVT	Civil War
Alderman	Albert	A		Army			Civil War 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Alderman	Alex	H					Spanish-American War GA	Spanish American War
Alderman	Alonzo			Navy			WW II USS Missouri (BB-63) as S2c	World War II
Alderman	Alvin	Johnson		Navy			WW II USS Biloxi (CL-80) as WT3c(T)	World War II
Alderman	Amos	K		A(C)			Civil War 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H as P… Civil War 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT	Civil War
Alderman	Andrew	Albert	HM3	Navy	1944-05-12 00:00:00.000	1967-03-17 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Killed in action	Vietnam War
Alderman	Andrew	Albert	PO3c	Navy			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Alderman	Asa	D		A(C)			Civil War 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H as P… Civil War 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT	Civil War
Alderman	Benjamin	Cury		Navy			WW II USS Nevada (BB-36) as S2c	World War II
Alderman	Benjamin	F., Jr.		Navy			WW II LST 950(H) as Y2c	World War II
Alderman	Carl	E		Army			WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), HQ … WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), HQ and HQ Company as PFC	World War II
Alderman	Carl	E		Army			WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division) as P… WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division) as PFC	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.