Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Ambler	Melvin	Henry	PVT		1918-11-10 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service OH	World War I
Ambler	P	S		Army		WW I - 116th Infantry Regiment (29th IDivision) as PFC	World War I
Ambler	R			Army		WW I - 112th Field Artillery Regiment (29th IDivision) as P… WW I - 112th Field Artillery Regiment (29th IDivision) as PVT	World War I
Ambler	Robert	T		Army		WW II 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Reconnaissance Compan… WW II 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Reconnaissance Company	World War II
Ambler	Russell	J		Army		WW II 141st Infantry Regiment (36th Infantry Division), HQ … WW II 141st Infantry Regiment (36th Infantry Division), HQ 1st Battalion as CPL NE	World War II
Ambler	Stephen	Andrew		Navy		WW II USS Crouter (DE-11) as SM3c	World War II
Ambler	Stephen	Babcock, Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Elmore (APA-42) as MM3c	World War II
Ambler	Stewart	E	PFC	Army	1991-10-08 00:00:00.000	WW II 505th Regimental Combat Team (82nd Airborne Division)… WW II 505th Regimental Combat Team (82nd Airborne Division) Wounded CA-Alameda	World War II
Ambler	Walter	Edson		Navy		WW II USS Suamico (AO-49) as CM1c	World War II
Amblo	Henry			Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT … Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT May be Amble, qv, or Amblor, qv, or Amblow, qv	Civil War
Amblor	Henry			Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT … Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT May be Amble, qv, or Amblo, qv, or Amblow, qv	Civil War
Amblow	Henry			Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT … Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT May be Amble, qv, or Amblo, qv, or Amblor, qv	Civil War
Amblow	William	H		Army		Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT	Civil War
Amblser	Charles			Army		Civil War 5th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Duryee'… Civil War 5th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Duryee's Zouaves)	Civil War
Ambo	Snandley		S2c	Navy		WW II Died in service IL	World War II
Ambo	Walter			AAF		WW II CBI Air Transport Command	World War II
Ambold	Ernest	A	Pvt	Co B 9 VA Cav		Civil War	Civil War
Ambold	George	R		Army		WW II 216th Field Artillery Battalion CO	World War II
Ambor	W			A(C)		Civil War 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment, Company D and Comp… Civil War 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment, Company D and Company C as PVT May be W. Ambar, qv, or W.M. Ambar, qv	Civil War
Amborn	Norman	H		Army		Korean War 27th Infantry Regiment (25th Infantry Division) … Korean War 27th Infantry Regiment (25th Infantry Division) Wounded as PVT2 MN-Saint Louis	Korean War
Amborn	Rolla	C		Army		WW I - 12th Infantry Regiment, HQ and HQ Company as PVT WA	World War I
Amborn	Thomas	S		Army		Korean War 5th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne)	Korean War
Amborski	Arthur	E	SGT	AF	1944-06-26 00:00:00.000	WW II 455th Bomb Group, 742nd Bomb Squadron as SGT Died in… WW II 455th Bomb Group, 742nd Bomb Squadron as SGT Died in service NY	World War II
Amborski	Arthur	E	SGT	Army		WW II Killed in action NY-Erie	World War II
Amborski	John			Navy		WW II USS Yorktown (CV-10) as S1c	World War II
Amborst	Alfred	H	CPT	Army	1944-10-19 00:00:00.000	WW II 36th Infantry Regiment Died in service	World War II
Ambort	Ernest			AAF		WW II 9th Fighter Squadron (49th Fighter Group)	World War II
Ambos	Hyman		PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action NY-Kings	World War II
Ambos	Hyman	L	SGT			WW I - Killed in action NY-New York	World War I
Amboyer	Robert	S		Army		WW II 132nd Engineer Combat Battalion as PVT	World War II
Ambra	Joseph	P		Army		WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company M as PVT	World War II
Ambra	Manuel	F		AF		WW II 528th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group as CPL, Ground… WW II 528th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group as CPL, Ground staff	World War II
Ambresio	Michael	C		Army		WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division, Comp… WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division, Company L as PFC	World War II
Ambrews	Harrison			Army		Civil War 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT … Civil War 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT May be Ambrewse, qv, or Ambrose, qv	Civil War
Ambrewse	Harrison			Army		Civil War 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT … Civil War 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT May be Ambrews, qv, or Ambrose, qv	Civil War
Ambrico	Louis	S	PVT	Army		WW II Killed in action NY-Kings	World War II
Ambrico	Louis	S	PVT	Army		WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as P… WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as PVT Died in service	World War II
Ambridge	Edward	H., Jr.	PVT		1945-01-12 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Ambridge	Edward	H., Jr.	PVT	Army		WW II Killed in action NY-Montgomery	World War II
Ambrister	J	H		Army		Civil War 1st Marylan Infantry Regiment, Company C and 7th … Civil War 1st Marylan Infantry Regiment, Company C and 7th Maryland Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT and 1st Maryland Infantry Regiment, Company C	Civil War
Ambrister	Samuel			Army		Civil War 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company A as… Civil War 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT May be Armpriester, qv	Civil War
Ambriz	Humbert	J		Army		Korean War Died in service IL	Korean War
Ambro	Andrew	R		MC		WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regime… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment as SGT	World War II
Ambro	Andrew	Richard	SGT	MC		WW II Wounded OH	World War II
Ambro	Charles			Army		Civil War 31st Ohio Infantry Regiment as PVT.	Civil War
Ambro	Ervin			Army		WW II 90th Mountain Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Divisi… WW II 90th Mountain Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Medical Detachment	World War II
Ambro	Eugene	A	PhM2c		1944-10-24 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service PA	World War II
Ambro	Paul	E		Army		WW II 10th Engineer Combat Battalion (3rd Infantry Division… WW II 10th Engineer Combat Battalion (3rd Infantry Division) as SGT	World War II
Ambrocetti	Walter	J	CPL	Army		WW II Killed in action OR-Klamath	World War II
Ambrocey	Frank			Navy		WW II USS Franklin (CV-13) as SC2c	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.