Collection

Veterans

Military personnel, biographical remarks, and matched conflicts.

Showing 40,201–40,250

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Title	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Amerson	Leonard	C	T/5				1945-10-05 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service GA	World War II
Amerson	Leonard	C	T/5	Army				WW II Finding of death GA-Meriwether	World War II
Amerson	Lorenza		PFC	Army			1951-02-21 00:00:00.000	Korean War Killed in action	Korean War
Amerson	Paul			Army				WW II 4th Engineer Combat Battalion (4th Infantry Division)… WW II 4th Engineer Combat Battalion (4th Infantry Division), Company C as TEC GA	World War II
Amerson	Roy	D		Army				WW II 106th Infantry Division	World War II
Amerson	Rufus			CSA				Civil War 43rd North Carolina Regiment - Infantry, Company … Civil War 43rd North Carolina Regiment - Infantry, Company C as PVT	Civil War
Amerson	Sommer	F						Spanish-American War GA	Spanish American War
Amerson	Steve	Jr.		Navy				WW II USS Randolph (CV-15) as S2c	World War II
Amerson	T	J		A(C)				Civil War 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT … Civil War 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT May be A.J. Amason, qv, or Thomas J. Amerson, qv, or T.J. Anderson, qv, or Thomas J. Arnerson, qv	Civil War
Amerson	T	M		A(C)				Civil War 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT … Civil War 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT May be Thomas N. Amason, qv, or Thomas W. Amason, qv, or T.W. Amerson, qv	Civil War
Amerson	T	W		A(C)				Civil War 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT … Civil War 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT May be Thomas N. Amason, qv, or Thomas W. Amason, qv, or T.M. Amerson, qv	Civil War
Amerson	Therman	E		Army				WW II 106th Infantry Division	World War II
Amerson	Thomas	J		A(C)				Civil War 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT … Civil War 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT May be A.J. Amason, qv, or T.J. Amerson, qv, or T.J. Anderson, qv, or Thomas J. Arnerson, qv	Civil War
Amerson	W	A		Army				WW I - 113th Infantry Regiment (29th IDivision) as PVT	World War I
Amerson	Wallace	William		Navy				WW II USS Hornet (CV-8) as CSF(PA)	World War II
Amerson	Walter	G	PFC				1945-01-14 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service GA	World War II
Amerson	Walter	G	PFC	Army				WW II Killed in action GA-Telfair	World War II
Amerson	Wiley			CSA				Civil War 43rd North Carolina Regiment - Infantry, Company … Civil War 43rd North Carolina Regiment - Infantry, Company G as PVT	Civil War
Amerson	William	M		Army				Vietnam War Co C, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, as … Vietnam War Co C, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, as PFC	Vietnam War
Amerson	William	T		Army				WW II 397th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), Co… WW II 397th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), Company K as PFC GA Wounded	World War II
Amerson	Woodrow	Wilson		Navy				WW II USS Lexington (CV-16) as CM1c	World War II
Amert	George			Army				Civil War 1st Ohio Cavalry Regiment, Company G as PVT-SGT	Civil War
Amert	Paul	R		Army				WW II 325th Engineer Combat Battalion (100th Infanry Divisi… WW II 325th Engineer Combat Battalion (100th Infanry Division), HQ as TSGT MA	World War II
Amertseen	Lyder	A		AAF				WW II 757th Bomb Squadron (459th Bombardment Group) as 1LT	World War II
Amery	Gordon	F	PVT	Army				WW II Died of wounds MT-Sweet Grass	World War II
Amery	Robert	S		MC				WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company A, 5th Marine Regiment… WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company A, 5th Marine Regiment as CPL	World War II
Amery	Robert	S	GSGT	MC				WW II Wounded MA	World War II
Amery	Simon			Army				Civil War 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company I an… Civil War 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company I and Company C as PVT May be Amey, qv, or Ammy, qv, or Amy, qv	Civil War
Ames	Acquilla			A(C)				Civil War 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H as P… Civil War 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT	Civil War
Ames	Addison	M		Army				Civil War July 1863, Battle of Getttysburg 20th Maine Infa… Civil War July 1863, Battle of Getttysburg 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, as PVT, Company D	Civil War
Ames	Adelbert		BvtMGEN	Army	Medal of Honor	1835-10-31 00:00:00.000	1933-04-13 00:00:00.000	Graduated Military Academy 1861, 5/ Civil War Jul 21 1861,… Graduated Military Academy 1861, 5/ Civil War Jul 21 1861, First Battle of Bull Run, as 1LT in 5th U.S. Artillery Regiment, Medal of Honor Sep 17 1862, Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), as COL, Commander 20th Maine Infantry Regiment Dec 11-15 1862, Battle of Fredericksburg, as COL, Commander 20th Maine Infantry Regiment Jul 1-3 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, as BGEN, Commander 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps, , succeeded by COL Andrew L. Harris, then succeeded BGEN Francis C. Barlow as Commander 1st Division, 11th Corps Governor of MS 6/15/1868-3/10/1870 U.S. Senator from MS 2/4/1870-1/10/1874 Spanish-American War as Bvt MGEN in Cuba Buried in MA	Civil War
Ames	Adrian	D		Army				WW II 7th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) as PFC	World War II
Ames	Albert	E		Navy				WW II USS Astoria (CL-90) as S2c	World War II
Ames	Albert	N		Army				Civil War 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment as SMAJ-1LT	Civil War
Ames	Albert	P		Army				Civil War 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery G … Civil War 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery G as PVT	Civil War
Ames	Alexander	Audrey	SP5	Army			1968-10-31 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service NY	Vietnam War
Ames	Alexander	Audrey	SP5	Army				Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Ames	Alfred	B		Army				Civil War 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company A as EM	Civil War
Ames	Allen	W		AF				WW II 451st Bomb Group	World War II
Ames	Alpha	E		Army				Civil War 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company G as… Civil War 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT	Civil War
Ames	Alston	B		Army				WW I - KS-Geary	World War I
Ames	Alvin	J		Army				WW II 912th Field Artillery Battalion (87th Infantry Divisi… WW II 912th Field Artillery Battalion (87th Infantry Division), Service Battery	World War II
Ames	Alvin	L	PFC				1946-06-01 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service PA	World War II
Ames	Ambrose	C		Army				Civil War 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment as PVT	Civil War
Ames	Andrew	J	PVT	Army			1862-04-02 00:00:00.000	Civil War 27th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company K … Civil War 27th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company K Died New Berne NC	Civil War
Ames	Andy	G		Army				WW I - KS-Cloud	World War I
Ames	Arthur	Jr.	PVT				1944-06-11 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Ames	Arthur	Jr.	PVT	Army				WW II Killed in action NY-Orleans	World War II
Ames	Arthur	L		Army				WW II HQ, 87th Infantry Division, Military Police Platoon	World War II
Ames	Augustus	S		Army				Civil War 50th New York Engineers Regiment, Company A as PV… Civil War 50th New York Engineers Regiment, Company A as PVT Also borne as Gustavus S, qv	Civil War

Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

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.