Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Aldrich	Leon	C		Army		WW I - 58th Coast Artillery Regiment, Headquarters Company … WW I - 58th Coast Artillery Regiment, Headquarters Company as Wagoner	World War I
Aldrich	Leonard	J		Army		Civil War 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment, Company F	Civil War
Aldrich	Lester			AAF		WW II 363rd Fighter Group (9th Air Force)	World War II
Aldrich	Lester	B		Army		WW II 10th Field Artillery Battalion (L) (3rd Infantry Divi… WW II 10th Field Artillery Battalion (L) (3rd Infantry Division) as T-5	World War II
Aldrich	Lester	F., Jr.	1LT		1944-03-04 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service TX	World War II
Aldrich	Lester	F., Jr.	1LT	Army		WW II Finding of death TX-Austin	World War II
Aldrich	Leverett			Army		Civil War 1st Ohio Infantry Regiment, Company D as CPL	Civil War
Aldrich	Levi	B		Army		Civil War 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT	Civil War
Aldrich	Liberty			Army		Civil War 6th Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company D	Civil War
Aldrich	Lloyd	M		Navy		WW I - KS-Cowley	World War I
Aldrich	Lloyd	R		Army		WW II 423rd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Co… WW II 423rd Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Company M and 3rd Battalion as PVT POW	World War II
Aldrich	Loamin	C		Army		Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company A an… Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company A and Company E as PVT May be Laomi C., qv, or Leomi C., qv, or Loammi C., qv	Civil War
Aldrich	Loammi	C		Army		Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company A an… Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company A and Company E as PVT May be Laomi C., qv, or Leomi C., qv, or Loamin C., qv	Civil War
Aldrich	Louis	Arthur		Navy		WW II USS Vestal (AR-4) as MoMM1c	World War II
Aldrich	Louis	T	PFC		1945-04-07 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service MN	World War II
Aldrich	Louis	T	PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action MN-Jackson	World War II
Aldrich	Lucius	C		Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT	Civil War
Aldrich	Luman			Army		WW II 424th Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Se… WW II 424th Infantry Regiment (106th Infantry Division), Service Company as 1LT	World War II
Aldrich	Lyman	M		Army		Civil War 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company I as… Civil War 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Aldrich	Lyndall	P		Army		WW II 56th Armored Infantry Battalion TX	World War II
Aldrich	Malcolm	E		Army		Korean War Died in service CT	Korean War
Aldrich	Malcolm	E		Army		WW II 442nd Infantry Regiment as 2LT	World War II
Aldrich	Marcus	M		Army		Civil War 15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as PVT. Co I	Civil War
Aldrich	Marvin	E		Army		WW II 10th Field Artillery Battalion (L) (3rd Infantry Divi… WW II 10th Field Artillery Battalion (L) (3rd Infantry Division) as PFC	World War II
Aldrich	Mary	L		Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as CPL-1… Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as CPL-1SGT May be Morey L., qv, or Morg. L., qv	Civil War
Aldrich	Milton	E		Navy		WW II LCS(L)(3) 74 as S2c	World War II
Aldrich	Miron	H		Army		Civil War 15th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT… Civil War 15th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT May be Myron H., qv	Civil War
Aldrich	Montford	G		Army		WW I - KS-Sumner	World War I
Aldrich	Morey	L		Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as CPL-1… Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as CPL-1SGT May be Mary L., qv, or Morg. L., qv	Civil War
Aldrich	Morg.	L		Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as CPL-1… Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as CPL-1SGT May be Mary L., qv, or Morey L., qv	Civil War
Aldrich	Moses	B		Army		Civil War 141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company F a… Civil War 141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company F as PVT May be Aldridge, qv	Civil War
Aldrich	Moses	H		Army		Civil War 7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, Company C as … Civil War 7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, Company C as CPL	Civil War
Aldrich	Myron	H		Army		Civil War 15th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT… Civil War 15th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT May be Miron H., qv	Civil War
Aldrich	Nathan	E		Army		Civil War 7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, Company H and… Civil War 7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, Company H and Comapny D as PVT	Civil War
Aldrich	Nelson	C		Army		Civil War 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment as PVT	Civil War
Aldrich	Nickalous	N				Iraq War Died in the war	Iraq War
Aldrich	Nickalous	N	LCPL	MC	2004-08-27 00:00:00.000	Iraq War Died in service TX	Iraq War
Aldrich	Norman	E	PVT	MC		WW II 27th Marines Killed in action, Iwo Jima, 1945 IL	World War II
Aldrich	Norman	E		MC		WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 3rd Battalion, 27th Marine Regime… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 3rd Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, as PVT	World War II
Aldrich	Orin	J		Army		Civil War 25th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company I a… Civil War 25th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Aldrich	Orris			AF		WW II 721st Bomb Squadron (450th Bomb Group)	World War II
Aldrich	Otis	H		Army		Civil War 3rd Artillery Regiment, Regular Army, Battery D a… Civil War 3rd Artillery Regiment, Regular Army, Battery D as PVT	Civil War
Aldrich	Paul	A		Army		WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), HQ … WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), HQ and HQ Company 2nd Battalion as PFC	World War II
Aldrich	Peter	S		Navy		WW II USS Mobile (CL-63) as S1c	World War II
Aldrich	Putnam			Army		Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company B as… Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT	Civil War
Aldrich	Ralph	C		Army		WW II 90th Mountain Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Divisi… WW II 90th Mountain Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Company A	World War II
Aldrich	Ralph	E		AAF		WW II 757th Bomb Squadron (459th Bombardment Group) as 2LT	World War II
Aldrich	Ralph	E		AAF		WW II 757th Bomb Squadron (459th Bombardment Group) as 2LT	World War II
Aldrich	Ralph	E		AAF		WW II 759th Bomb Squadron (459th Bombardment Group) as 2LT	World War II
Aldrich	Ralph	E., Jr.	F1c		1944-04-09 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service MI	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.