Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Anderson	Francis	Horan		Navy		WW II USS Bates (APD-47) as M1c	World War II
Anderson	Francis	Joseph		Navy		WW II USS Princeton (CVL-23) as AM3c	World War II
Anderson	Francis	L		Army		WW II 305th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 305th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Company F as PFC	World War II
Anderson	Francis	Leo	ARM3c	Navy		WW II Wounded TX	World War II
Anderson	Francis	Louis		Navy		WW II USS Ammen (DD-527) as S2c	World War II
Anderson	Francis	M		A(C)		Civil War 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT-1… Civil War 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company B as PVT-1LT	Civil War
Anderson	Francis	M		Army		Civil War 1st Ohio Cavalry Regiment, Company I as PVT	Civil War
Anderson	Francis	O	PVT	Army	1864-05-05 00:00:00.000	Civil War 6th Maryland Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT … Civil War 6th Maryland Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT Killed in action	Civil War
Anderson	Francis	P		Army		WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 253rd Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company C as PFC	World War II
Anderson	Francis	Reid		Navy		WW II USS Nevada (BB-36) as EM3c(GY)	World War II
Anderson	Francis	S		Army		WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company E as PVT	World War II
Anderson	Francis	T		Army		WW I - KS-Greenwood	World War I
Anderson	Francis	T		Army		WW II 77th Signal Company (77th Infantry Division) as T-4	World War II
Anderson	Francis	T		Army		WW II Okinawa operation 77th Signal Company (77th Infantry… WW II Okinawa operation 77th Signal Company (77th Infantry Division) as T-5	World War II
Anderson	Francis	V		MC		WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company M, 5th Marine Regiment a… WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company M, 5th Marine Regiment as PFC	World War II
Anderson	Francis	W		A(C)		Civil War 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Company B as PVT	Civil War
Anderson	Francis	W	PFC	Army		WW II Killed in action ND-Mc Henry	World War II
Anderson	Francis	W		Army		WW II 345th Infantry Regiment (87th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 345th Infantry Regiment (87th Infantry Division), Company D	World War II
Anderson	Francis	W		AF		WW II 468th Bomb Group (20th Air Force) CA	World War II
Anderson	Frank					Spanish-American War IN	Spanish American War
Anderson	Frank		PVT		1918-10-05 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service MA	World War I
Anderson	Frank			Army		Civil War 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company H as… Civil War 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company H as PVT	Civil War
Anderson	Frank		TSGT	Army	1944-12-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Killed in action CA-Los Angeles	World War II
Anderson	Frank			Navy		Civil War	Civil War
Anderson	Frank			AF		WW II 460th Bomb Group	World War II
Anderson	Frank			Navy		WW II USS Yorktown (CV-10) as F1c	World War II
Anderson	Frank			Navy		WW II USS Noble (APA-218) as StM1c	World War II
Anderson	Frank		1SGT	MC		WW I - 49th(B) Company, 5th Marine Regiment	World War I
Anderson	Frank			AF		WW II 96th Bomb Squadron (2nd Bomb Group)	World War II
Anderson	Frank			AF		WW II 451st Bomb Group	World War II
Anderson	Frank			Army		WW II 106th Infantry Division	World War II
Anderson	Frank			Navy		WW II USS Yorktown (CV-5) as MAtt2c	World War II
Anderson	Frank			Navy		WW II Invasion of Okinawa USS Noble (APA-218) as StM1c	World War II
Anderson	Frank			AAF		WW II 398th Bombardment Group (8th Air Force)	World War II
Anderson	Frank			AAF		WW II 384th Bombardment Group (8th Air Force)	World War II
Anderson	Frank			Navy		WW II USS Dorsey (DMS-1) as St3c	World War II
Anderson	Frank			AAF		WW II 498th Bomb Squadron (345th Bombardment Group)	World War II
Anderson	Frank			AAF		WW II 398th Bombardment Group (8th Air Force)	World War II
Anderson	Frank	A	GM1c		1944-01-07 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service MA	World War II
Anderson	Frank	A	SGT	Army		WW II Died non-battle IL-Winnebago	World War II
Anderson	Frank	A		Army		WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company F as PFC	World War II
Anderson	Frank	Allen		Navy		WW II USS Essex (CV-9) as Y1c(T)	World War II
Anderson	Frank	Arnold	GM1c	Navy		WW II Died in service MA	World War II
Anderson	Frank	Arthur	SGT	MC		WW II Wounded OR	World War II
Anderson	Frank	B		Army		Spanish-American War 4th Tennessee Volunter Infantry Regime… Spanish-American War 4th Tennessee Volunter Infantry Regiment, Company C and Company D	Spanish American War
Anderson	Frank	C		A(C)		Civil War 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Company K as PVT	Civil War
Anderson	Frank	C		Army		WW II 56th Armored Infantry Battalion NY-Bronx	World War II
Anderson	Frank	C		Army		WW II 141st Infantry Regiment, Company M as PVT DE	World War II
Anderson	Frank	D		Army		WW I - KS-Allen	World War I
Anderson	Frank	E	PFC		1918-08-07 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service IL	World War I

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.