Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Ames	Homer	M		Army		Civil War 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery G … Civil War 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery G as 1SGT-CPL	Civil War
Ames	Horace			Army		Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company A as… Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company A as Wagoner-PVT	Civil War
Ames	Horace	L		Army		Civil War 2nd New Jersey Infantry Regiment, Company A as Dr… Civil War 2nd New Jersey Infantry Regiment, Company A as Drummer	Civil War
Ames	Howard	J		Army		WW I - 150th Field Artillery Regiment (1st Indiana), Supply… WW I - 150th Field Artillery Regiment (1st Indiana), Supply Company as PVT IN	World War I
Ames	Howard	N		Army		WW II 616th Field Artilley Battalion (10th Mountain Divisio… WW II 616th Field Artilley Battalion (10th Mountain Division), Battery B	World War II
Ames	Irvin	H	PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action MI-Muskegon	World War II
Ames	Isaac	H		Army		Civil War 6th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company H as EM	Civil War
Ames	J	B	FL O	AF		WW II Died non-battle TX-Eastland	World War II
Ames	J	T		Army		WW I - 116th Infantry Regiment (29th IDivision) as PVT	World War I
Ames	Jacob			Army		Civil War 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, Company C as … Civil War 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, Company C as PVT	Civil War
Ames	Jame	L		Army		WW II 15th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) as SGT	World War II
Ames	James			Army		Civil War 95th New York Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Ames	James			Army		WW II 63rd Reconnaissance Troop (63rd Infantry Division) as… WW II 63rd Reconnaissance Troop (63rd Infantry Division) as CPL	World War II
Ames	James	A		A(C)		Civil War 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company E as… Civil War 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company E as PVT May be Amis, qv	Civil War
Ames	James	A	PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action MT-Chouteau	World War II
Ames	James	A		Army		WW I - 353rd Infantry Regiment (89th Division) IL	World War I
Ames	James	David	SP4	Army	1968-05-14 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service MO	Vietnam War
Ames	James	David	SP4	Army		Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Ames	James	E		Army		WW II 86th Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Comp… WW II 86th Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Company L	World War II
Ames	James	F		A(C)		Civil War 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, "Mosby's Partisa… Civil War 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, "Mosby's Partisan Rangers"	Civil War
Ames	James	F		Army		Civil War 5th New York Cavalry Regiment, Company L as CPL-S… Civil War 5th New York Cavalry Regiment, Company L as CPL-SGT	Civil War
Ames	James	H	SGT		1918-09-09 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service NY	World War I
Ames	James	H	SGT			WW I - Killed in action NY-Kings	World War I
Ames	James	William, Sr.		Navy		WW II Uss Achilles (ARL-41) as S2c	World War II
Ames	Jason	E	SPC	Army	2005-08-31 00:00:00.000	Iraq War Company C, 3rd Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment D… Iraq War Company C, 3rd Battalion 21st Infantry Regiment Died of injuries om <psi;. Iraq KY	Iraq War
Ames	Jason	E	SPC	Army	2005-08-31 00:00:00.000	Iraq War Died in service KY	Iraq War
Ames	Jesse			Army		WW II 363rd Medical Battalion (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 363rd Medical Battalion (63rd Infantry Division), Company D as PVT	World War II
Ames	John		PVT	A(C)		Civil War 2nd Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment, Company … Civil War 2nd Texas Confederate Infantry Regiment, Company B, as PVT Missing at Shiloh	Civil War
Ames	John			Army		Civil War 37th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, Company H as… Civil War 37th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT	Civil War
Ames	John			Army		Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery G as … Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery G as PVT-CPL May be John F., qv	Civil War
Ames	John			Army		Civil War 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company A as… Civil War 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT	Civil War
Ames	John			Army		Civil War 9th Infantry Regimen,t U.S. Colored Troops, Compa… Civil War 9th Infantry Regimen,t U.S. Colored Troops, Company E as SGT	Civil War
Ames	John	C		MC		WW II Battle of Iwo Jima Weapons Company, 9th Marine Regim… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima Weapons Company, 9th Marine Regiment as CPL	World War II
Ames	John	F		Army		Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery K as … Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery K as PVT May be John, qv	Civil War
Ames	John	G		Army		Civil War 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company F as… Civil War 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company F as PVT-SGT	Civil War
Ames	John	H		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 K	Civil War
Ames	John	Horace		Army		Civil War 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company I as… Civil War 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Ames	John	S		Army		Civil War 2nd California Cavalry Regiment, Company C as PVT	Civil War
Ames	John	W		A(C)		Civil War 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company F as 1LT	Civil War
Ames	Joseph	D		MC		WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 4th Battalion, 13th Marine Regime… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 4th Battalion, 13th Marine Regiment as PFC	World War II
Ames	Joseph	E		Army		WW II 3rd Infantry Division, HQ and HQ Company as 2LT	World War II
Ames	Joseph	L		Army		WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company A as SGT	World War II
Ames	Joseph	W		Navy		WW II USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) as S1c(RdM)	World War II
Ames	Judson	Porter		Army		Civil War 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company I as… Civil War 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT-CPL	Civil War
Ames	Kenneth		FL O	AF		WW II Killed in action MA-Norfolk	World War II
Ames	Kenneth			AAF		WW II 353rd Fighter Group (8th Air Force)	World War II
Ames	Kenneth	E	CPL		1945-03-03 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service NH	World War II
Ames	Kenneth	E	CPL	Army		WW II Killed in action NH-Rockingham	World War II
Ames	Kenneth	H	F2c		1944-11-25 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service CO	World War II
Ames	Kenneth	Howard	F2c	Navy		WW II Died in service CO	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.