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| Military Records - Find Public Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How can I find Free Military Records - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in the Military - Armed Forces. Services for historical research allow to obtain the military records for a Veteran. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sometimes for business or legal reasons, people would like to know more about the military history. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military Records and Information about United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military branches: US Army, US Navy (including Marine Corps), US Air Force, US Coast Guard. Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age; 17 years of age with written parental consent (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manpower available for military service: males age 16-49: 72,715,332 and females age 16-49: 71,638,785 (2008 est.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manpower fit for military service: males age 16-49: 59,413,358 and females age 16-49: 59,187,183 (2008 est.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually: males age 16-49: 2,186,440 and females age 16-49: 2,079,688 (2008 est.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military expenditures (percent of GDP): 4.06% (2005 est.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Any veterans have the rights to full access to the military record. Access is allowed also to Next-of-kin of deceased veterans, unremarried widow or widower, son or daughter, father or mother, brother or sister.
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| You can get a copy of most military and medical records from the Official Military Personnel Files. They must provide this services by law and balance between the right of the public to obtain information from military service records, and the right of the former military service member to protect his/her privacy. You must sufficiently identify the person whose record is requested. Information about replacing awards and medals .
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| Many veterans disagree with their military records and wish change it. Here you will find some Services for Veterans that want to replace your lost military records. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Also some authorized third party requesters, like lawyers, historians, doctors, are allowed to request this information with the veteran's (or next of kin's) signed and dated authorization. All authorizations should specify exactly why is allowing to be released to a third partyand are valid one year from date of signature. The detective research trace the family's military for soldiers, sailors or airmen. Find evidence to help your quest. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical evidence: names on a war memorial or a gravestone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Written evidence: local newspapers, school magazines, postcards, postmarks , letters written sent to home. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Images: photographs, drawings and maps. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Artefacts: souvenirs, medals, cap badges or buttons from uniforms. Many Medals had their name, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral evidence: family or friends war stories on interviews on tape or video. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military Records Web Sites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) St Louis MO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Privacy Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military Personnel Records Information about Military Personnel Records at the National Archives facility in St. Louis, Missouri. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Requesting Military Personnel Records Awards, Medals, and Decorations - Correcting Military Records - Resources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military Indexes Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War Records, Spanish American War, World War One (World War I), World War Two (World War II), Korean War (Korean Conflict), Vietnam War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Confederate Civil War Service Records Scanned documents from the National Archives microfilm - copies of the service records can be downloaded online for a fee. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Revolutionary War Veterans Land Lottery Records 1820-1832 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana Revolutionary War Burials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky Revolutionary War Warrants Database (Before June 1, 1792, Kentucky was a part of Virginia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland: Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Index for these Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Jersey: Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana Archive - Revolutionary War Pensioners Living in the State of Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State of Pennsylvania Archives - Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File Indexes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania: Valley Forge Muster Roll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina Revolutionary War Letters, Diaries and Orders searchable online | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ancestry - provide searches about several states (requires payment) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roots Web - Rock Island County, Illinois - Confederate Dead at Rock Island Prison (now called Arsenal Island) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hessian Soldiers of the Revolutionary War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Historical Society War of 1812 Roster of Ohio Soldiers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| War of 1812 Land Bounty Warrants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois Database of Illinois War Veterans - Black Hawk War - Mexican War - War of 1812 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana Mexican War Soldiers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State of Texas - Archives - Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma Casualty List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State of Virginia - Archives - Mexican War Soldiers - Library of Virginia Index to the War - Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls - Library of Online Military Records. Includes Revolutionary War records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Civil War Databases, Records and Rosters of Soldiers - for Genealogy Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPS ITD - The Civil War - Soldiers and Sailors System. Indexes about 6 million Civil War soldiers - CWSS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War National Graves Registration Database not complete; includes some Confederate veterans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama Archives : Military Records - The ADAH maintains and provides restricted access to U.S. military discharge records--also known as DD214's -- for many Alabamians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama Civil War Service Database (surnames A-R) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas Confederate Pension Records and Confederate Home Records (indexes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Civil War Volunteers (also includes a separate listing for the New Mexico Campaign of 1862) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Civil War Veterans (Grand Army of the Republic members only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Civil War Casualties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut: Noble Pension Database (Civil War and Spanish American War) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut: Fitch's Home for Soldiers - The Deceased Veterans Discharge Files 1882-1936 (Civil War and Spanish American War) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware Roster of Union Soldiers - Civil War - Delaware's United States Colored Troops | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Confederate Pension Application Files | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Civil War Pension Records - Partial Index | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho Civil War Veterans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois Illinois Civil War Database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas KSHS Military Civil War Veterans in Kansas Database - Index To Kansas Volunteer Regiment Enlistments 1861-1865 - Necrology of the Grand Army of the Republic (13,000 death notices) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State of Louisiana LA Records - Confederate Pension Applications Index Database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland: War of 1861-5 History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri Civil War Soldiers Database also includes other wars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska Civil War Veterans (Grand Army of the Republic members only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Jersey: Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Civil War Database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Civil War Documents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio: Links to Ohio Civil War Rosters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma: Index to Oklahoma's Confederate Pension Records (downloadable PDF file) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State of Pennsylvania - Online Digital Archives - ARIA - War Veterans - Contains Pennsylvania historical records for the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish American War and World War I. United States Volunteers. Index 1861-1866. Card File. There are about 1.5 million total records. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania Civil War Burial Index (downloadable PDF files) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina Confederate Pension Applications 1919-1926 (includes digital images) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Confederate Civil War Pension Applications - Soldiers and Widows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas - Civil War
| Texas Confederate Pensions
| CIF Texas Confederate Indigent Families 1863-1865
| Vermont in the Civil War includes rosters of Vermont units
| State of Virginia Archives - Veterans Census - Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans - Library of Online Military Records. Includes many Civil War records- Civil War Era Burials - Alexandria National Cemetery
| Wisconsin: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865
| Civil War Pension and Service Records - Tips for Finding Them
| Colorado Volunteers in the Spanish American War (1898)
| Illinois Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans Database
| Indiana - Roster for the Spanish American War
| Tennessee: Index to Service Abstracts in Tennessee Volunteer Units During the Spanish American War - 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tennessee Infantry
| Texas: U.S. Volunteers, Spanish-American War Service Records 1898 pull down the "organization" menu to "USV"
| Spanish American War - Online Rosters assorted states
| ATT Phones and Records Index
| Arizona World War One Alien Registration Index (partial)
| State of Kansas KS Archive - World War One Alien Registrations
| St. Paul, Minnesota Alien Registrations
| Connecticut: World War I Veterans Database
| Florida World War One Service Cards
| State of Kansas Casualties in the First World War 1917-1919 -
| Missouri: World War I Service Cards Database 1917-1919 (more than 145,000 listings for WWI)
| State of Missouri MO Records - St. Louis City and County World War One Deaths
| Oregon: World War I Personal Service Histories
| Pennsylvania: Soldiers of the Great War (World War I) listing of war dead
| Tennessee: World War One Veterans Index
| State of Virginia Archives : World War I History Commission Questionnaires/over 14,900 records
| State of Washington: Soldiers of the Great War
| World War One Service Records includes Spokane County and a partial database for the whole state
| World War II Army Enlistment Records Database Contains records of nearly 9 million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Although incomplete, the records contain data for a majority of the enlistments in the US Army during World War II.
| World War II National Memorial Registry (USA)
| Pearl Harbor Casualty List
| World War II Casualties for Army and Army Air Forces Personnel (scanned documents listed by state)
| World War II Casualties for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (scanned documents listed by state)
| MIA Database - Service Personnel Not Recovered Following World War II
| Kansas World War II Veterans Index
| State of Kansas World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing 1941-1946
| Lists of American Casualties from the Korean and Vietnam Wars | State-level lists of casualties from the Korean conflict (1951-1957) and from the Vietnam conflict (1956-1998) from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Korean War MIA and Aircraft Loss Databases (Department of Defense)
| Personnel Missing Southeast Asia (Vietnam War) POW/MIA (Department of Defense)
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial - the Wall you can search for names, leave tributes and view images from the wall
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page includes a searchable database of names on the wall
| Colorado Vietnam War Casualites June-December 1966 and January-December 1968
| Texas: Purple Heart Recipients Who Are Members of the Texas Capital Chapter 1919, Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S.A
| Access to Archival Databases (AAD) from the US National Archives - included are many war related databases such as...
| World War II Army Enlistment Records (Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946)
| World War II Prisoners of War File, ca. 1942 - ca. 1947
| Japanese-American Internee File, 1942-1946
| Korean Conflict Casualty Files
| Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War File, ca. 1978 - ca. 1980
| Combat Area Casualties Database, ca. 1967 - ca. 12/1998 (includes Vietnam Casualties)
| Data File from the Casualty Information System, 1/1961-12/1981 (includes Vietnam Casualties)
| Cambodian Incidents File
| Medals and Awards
| U.S. Army Medal of Honor Recipients (Civil War to the present)
| American Battle Monuments Commission This organization maintains a listing of those buried at American military cemeteries overseas, and those Missing in Action from World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. They also have a listing of Civil War, Mexican War and Spanish American War veterans buried in Mexico, and those who lost their lives during the Korean War. Many of their databases are searchable online.
| American Merchant Marine at War | includes lists of Merchant Marine casualties and POWs Veterans Affairs Burial Search for 120 National Cemeteries (USA)
| Colorado State Archives Veterans Graves Registrations 1862-1949
| Illinois Illinois: 1929 Roll of Honor Database contains the burial locations of 72,000 Illinois veterans, some from WWI
| State of Virginia - VA US - Virginia Military Dead Database
| State of West Virginia WV Archive - Veterans Memorial Database - Union Militia in the Civil War - 20th Century Wars
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