Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Ammons	Cornelius	F		Army		WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company A as PVT	World War II
Ammons	Dalton	Howard		Navy		WW II USS Lang (DD-399), as COX	World War II
Ammons	Dexter	Burl		Navy		WW II USS Marcus Island )CVE-77) as S2c	World War II
Ammons	E			Army		WW I - 111th Field Artillery Regiment (29th IDivision) as C… WW I - 111th Field Artillery Regiment (29th IDivision) as CPL	World War I
Ammons	Edlo		TSGT	Army		WW II Died non-battle OK-Comanche	World War II
Ammons	Edwin	R		Navy		WW II USS Arcturus (AKA-1) as COX(LC)	World War II
Ammons	Ephraim	J		A(C)		Civil War 6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company I	Civil War
Ammons	Ernest	E		AF		WW II 491st Bomb Group as 1LT TX	World War II
Ammons	Ernest	Lee, Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Champion (AM-314) as S2c	World War II
Ammons	Francis	A		A(C)		Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT	Civil War
Ammons	Geo.	E				Spanish-American War GA	Spanish American War
Ammons	George	Sr.		A(C)		Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT… Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT-CPL May be G.W. Ammonds, qv, or George W. Ammons, Jr., qv	Civil War
Ammons	George	C	PVT	CSA	1863-05-04 00:00:00.000	Civil War 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I … Civil War 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT Died in service	Civil War
Ammons	George	Goff		Navy		WW II LST-267 as S1c	World War II
Ammons	George	W., Jr.		A(C)		Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT… Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT May be G.W. Ammonds, qv, or George Ammons, Sr., qv	Civil War
Ammons	Grady			AAF		WW II CBI 10th Air Force HQ	World War II
Ammons	Graham	M		Army		WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as P… WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as PVT	World War II
Ammons	Henry	W		Army		Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT	Civil War
Ammons	Herman			MC		WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company B, 5th Marine Regiment… WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company B, 5th Marine Regiment as PFC	World War II
Ammons	Howard		PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action LA-Caddo	World War II
Ammons	Irvan	R		Navy		WW II Invasion of Okinawa, USS Catron (APA-71) as RdM3c	World War II
Ammons	J	D		Army		WW II 7th Armored Infantry Battalion (8th Armored Division)… WW II 7th Armored Infantry Battalion (8th Armored Division), Company B as CPL	World War II
Ammons	Jack	E		Army		WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company G as PFC	World War II
Ammons	James	C		Army		WW II 30th Signal Company (30th Infantry Division) as PVT	World War II
Ammons	James	D	PFC	Army	1952-06-12 00:00:00.000	Korean War G Company, 180th Infantry Regiment as PFC Kille… Korean War G Company, 180th Infantry Regiment as PFC Killed in action MI-Wayne	Korean War
Ammons	James	D		Army		WW II 262nd Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) NC a… WW II 262nd Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) NC as PFC	World War II
Ammons	James	M	PVT	CSA	1863-10-01 00:00:00.000	Civil War 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I … Civil War 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT Died in service	Civil War
Ammons	James	M., Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Essex (CV-9) as F1c	World War II
Ammons	James	M., Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Wasp (CV-7) as F1c	World War II
Ammons	James	Manuel		Navy		WW II USS Wasp (CV-7) as F2c	World War II
Ammons	James	Manuel, Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Essex (CV-9) as MM2c	World War II
Ammons	Jasper	S., Jr.		Army		WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Ser… WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Service Company as PFC	World War II
Ammons	Jesse			A(C)		Civil War 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT	Civil War
Ammons	Joe	L		Navy		WW II USS Chenango (CVE-28) as StM1c	World War II
Ammons	John			Army		WW II 85th Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Comp… WW II 85th Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Company E	World War II
Ammons	John	A	PVT	CSA	1863-05-03 00:00:00.000	Civil War 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I … Civil War 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT Died in service	Civil War
Ammons	John	C	PVT	Army	1951-06-02 00:00:00.000	Korean War Killed in action SC-Florence	Korean War
Ammons	John	Charles		Navy		WW II USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91) as WT2c	World War II
Ammons	John	Douglas		Navy		WW II USS Biloxi (CL-80) as S1c	World War II
Ammons	John	T		A(C)		Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT… Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT May be John W., qv	Civil War
Ammons	John	W		A(C)		Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT… Civil War 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT May be John T., qv	Civil War
Ammons	Joseph			Army		Spanish-American War 3rd Tennessee Volunter Infantry Regime… Spanish-American War 3rd Tennessee Volunter Infantry Regiment, Company C	Spanish American War
Ammons	Joseph	Milton		Navy		WW II USS Santa Fe (CL-60) as WT3c	World War II
Ammons	Joseph	T		Army		WW I - KS-Ford	World War I
Ammons	Joshua		PVT	Army		Revolutionary War NC Militia as PVT	American Revolution
Ammons	Joshua			Army		Civil War 57th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company F as PVT	Civil War
Ammons	Joshua	J	PVT	CSA	1862-12-28 00:00:00.000	Civil War 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I … Civil War 39th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT Died in service	Civil War
Ammons	Jsper	S., Jr.		Army		WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company K as PFC	World War II
Ammons	Kenneth	O		Army		WW II 347th Infantry Regiment (87th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 347th Infantry Regiment (87th Infantry Division), Company A	World War II
Ammons	Lattie	Wells, Jr.		Navy		WW II USS Greenling (SS-213) as EM1c	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.