Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Ambrose	George			Army		Civil War 11th Maryland Infantry Regiment (100 Days), Compa… Civil War 11th Maryland Infantry Regiment (100 Days), Company C as PVT	Civil War
Ambrose	George	F		Navy		WW II SACO as GM2c	World War II
Ambrose	George	S	CPL		1918-07-01 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service PA	World War I
Ambrose	George	W		Army		Civil War 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company I as… Civil War 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Ambrose	George	W	1LT	Army		WW II Killed in action PA-Allegheny	World War II
Ambrose	George	W		Army		WW II 87th Infantry Regiment, Company A	World War II
Ambrose	George	W		AAF		WW II Carpetbagger, qv Died in service	World War II
Ambrose	Gerald	D		MC		Vietnam War Navy Cross	Vietnam War
Ambrose	Grant	L		Navy		WW II SACO as LCDR	World War II
Ambrose	Gregory	Francis	PFC	Army	1968-03-15 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service NY	Vietnam War
Ambrose	Gregory	Francis	PFC			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Ambrose	Gus			Navy		WW II Menard (APA-201) as S1c(LC)	World War II
Ambrose	Harold	W		Army		WW I - KS-Wyandotte	World War I
Ambrose	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 Ambrewse, qv	Civil War
Ambrose	Harry	David		Navy		WW II USS Neshanic (AO-71) as S2c	World War II
Ambrose	Harry	Louis		Navy		WW II LST-267 as S1c	World War II
Ambrose	Henry	A	PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action PA-Allegheny	World War II
Ambrose	Henry	F		Navy		WW II SS Robert E. Peary Navy Armed Guard as S1c	World War II
Ambrose	Henry	John		Navy		WW II USS Iowa (BB-61) as RM2c(T)	World War II
Ambrose	Henry	Joseph		Navy		WW II USS Canberra (CA-70) as S1c	World War II
Ambrose	Herman	O		Army		WW I - 136th Field Artillery Regiment, Battery C as PVT OH	World War I
Ambrose	Hollis	H	PFC	Army		WW II Died non-battle MD-Baltimore City County	World War II
Ambrose	Howard	H	PVT	Army		WW II Died of wounds CO-Las Animas	World War II
Ambrose	Howard	W		Army		WW II Pacific in early 1945 as PVT	World War II
Ambrose	James	B		Army		Civil War 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, Company M as P… Civil War 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, Company M as PVT	Civil War
Ambrose	James	C	2LT	Army		WW II Killed in action IL-Mc Lean	World War II
Ambrose	James	Errington		Navy		WW II LST 379 as S1c	World War II
Ambrose	James	P		Navy		WW II USS Minneapolis (CA-36)	World War II
Ambrose	James	V		AF		WW II Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft IV CA	World War II
Ambrose	James	William, III	PFC	Army	1969-01-31 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service IL	Vietnam War
Ambrose	James	William, III	PFC			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Ambrose	Jeremiah			Army		Civil War 1st Ohio Infantry Regiment, Company C as PVT	Civil War
Ambrose	John			A(C)		Civil War 1st Texas Infantry Regiment, Company F as PVT	Civil War
Ambrose	John			Army		Civil War 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company E as… Civil War 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT	Civil War
Ambrose	John			AAF		WW II CBI	World War II
Ambrose	John	Andrew		Navy		WW II USS William Seiverling (DE-441) as (WT)	World War II
Ambrose	John	David		Navy		WW II USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) as MM3c(T)	World War II
Ambrose	John	David		Navy		WW II USS New York (BB-34) as F1c	World War II
Ambrose	John	F	SGT	Army		WW II Died of wounds IL-Cook	World War II
Ambrose	John	F		Army		WW II 306th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Med… WW II 306th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Medical Detachment as CPL	World War II
Ambrose	John	G		Army		Civil War 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment, Company H	Civil War
Ambrose	John	H		Army		WW II 563rd Signal Company (63rd Signal Company) as SSGT	World War II
Ambrose	John	Paul		Navy		WW II USS Wasp (CV-18) as S1c	World War II
Ambrose	Joseph		TSGT		1941-12-08 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service VA	World War II
Ambrose	Joseph		TSGT	Army		WW II Killed in action NJ	World War II
Ambrose	Joseph		PFC	Army		WW II Died of wounds MI-Ionia	World War II
Ambrose	Joseph		PFC	Army	1942-10-29 00:00:00.000	Born 1922 WW II 126th Infantry Regiment (32nd Infantry Divi… Born 1922 WW II 126th Infantry Regiment (32nd Infantry Division) Died of wounds MI	World War II
Ambrose	Joseph			Army		WW II 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, Company C	World War II
Ambrose	Joseph	Albert		Navy		WW II LSM-371 as GM3c	World War II
Ambrose	Joseph	Francis, Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Anne Arundel (AP-76) as S2c	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.