Veterans · Our War Veterans

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Adams	Earl	T., Jr.		Army			WW II 81st Engineer Combat Battalion (106th Infantry Divisi… WW II 81st Engineer Combat Battalion (106th Infantry Division), Company C	World War II
Adams	Earl	V		Army			WW I - KS-Shawnee	World War I
Adams	Earl	W		AAF			WW II 758th Bomb Squadron (459th Bombardment Group) as 1LT	World War II
Adams	Earl	William		Navy			WW II Loggerhead (SS-374) as GM2c(SS)	World War II
Adams	Earle	Edward		Navy			WW II USS Herndon (DD-638) as SM3c	World War II
Adams	Earnest		PVT			1918-09-28 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service MO	World War I
Adams	Earnest	F		MC			WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 5th Engineer Battalion (5th Marin… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 5th Engineer Battalion (5th Marine Divison) as MTSGT	World War II
Adams	Ed			Navy			WW II USS Bush (DD-529) as S1c	World War II
Adams	Ed	W		MC			WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regimen… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment as PFC	World War II
Adams	Ed.	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
Adams	Edddie	Martin	FN	Navy			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Adams	Eddie	Martin	FN	Navy	1947-02-11 00:00:00.000	1968-11-11 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died of non-hostile cause while missing MA	Vietnam War
Adams	Edgar			Army			Civil War 44th New York Infantry Regiment, Company C as PVT… Civil War 44th New York Infantry Regiment, Company C as PVT-CPL	Civil War
Adams	Edgar	A		Army			Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company C as PVT … Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company C as PVT May be Edgar S., qv	Civil War
Adams	Edgar	Claud		Navy			WW II USS William C. Cole (DE-641) as S1c	World War II
Adams	Edgar	D		Army			WW II 307th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 307th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Company I as PFC	World War II
Adams	Edgar	G	PVT			1943-12-22 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service PA	World War II
Adams	Edgar	G	SGT	Army			WW II Died-non battle MO-St. Louis City County	World War II
Adams	Edgar	G	PVT	Army			WW II Killed in action PA-Fayette	World War II
Adams	Edgar	L	S2c			1944-11-25 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service IA	World War II
Adams	Edgar	Lee	S2c	Navy			WW II Died from combat IA	World War II
Adams	Edgar	S		Army			Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company C as PVT … Civil War 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company C as PVT May be Edgar A., qv	Civil War
Adams	Edgar	S		Army			Spanish-American War 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (R… Spanish-American War 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (Rough Riders), Troop H, as Trooper NM	Spanish American War
Adams	Edgel			Army			WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as P… WW II 313th Infantry Regiment (79th Infantry Division) as PFC	World War II
Adams	Edmond			AF			WW II 345th Bomb Squadron (98th Bomb Group)	World War II
Adams	Edmond	M		Army			WW II 7th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) as PFC	World War II
Adams	Edmund	J		Army			Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company E as… Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT May be Edwin J., qv	Civil War
Adams	Edward			Army			Civil War 1st New York Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT	Civil War
Adams	Edward			Army			Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment as PVT	Civil War
Adams	Edward			Army			Civil War 48th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company G as 1LT… Civil War 48th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company G as 1LT-MAJ	Civil War
Adams	Edward			Army			Civil War 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment, Company A as PV… Civil War 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT	Civil War
Adams	Edward			Army			Civil War 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment, Company H as PVT	Civil War
Adams	Edward			Army			WW II 39th Field Artillery Battalion (L) (3rd Infantry Divi… WW II 39th Field Artillery Battalion (L) (3rd Infantry Division) as T-5	World War II
Adams	Edward			AF			WW II 342nd Bomb Squadron (97th Bombardment Group)	World War II
Adams	Edward			AF			WW II 414th Bomb Squadron (97th Bombardment Group)	World War II
Adams	Edward			Army			WW II 309th Infantry Regiment (78th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 309th Infantry Regiment (78th Infantry Division), Company F as PFC LA	World War II
Adams	Edward	Jr.	PVT	Army			WW II Died non-battle KY-Mc Cracken	World War II
Adams	Edward	Jr.		Army			WW II 602nd Field Artilley Battalion (10th Mountain Divisio… WW II 602nd Field Artilley Battalion (10th Mountain Division, Battery B	World War II
Adams	Edward	Jr.		Navy			WW II USS Pasadena (CL-65) as COX	World War II
Adams	Edward	A		Army			WW II 66th Armored Infantry Battalion CT	World War II
Adams	Edward	A	SSGT	Army		1946-01-19 00:00:00.000	WW II Finding of death NH	World War II
Adams	Edward	A		Navy			WW II USS Bullard (DD-660) as S1c	World War II
Adams	Edward	Arthur		Navy			WW II USS Cabot (CVL-28) as MM1c(T)	World War II
Adams	Edward	B		Army			WW II 262nd Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) TN a… WW II 262nd Infantry Regiment (66th Infantry Division) TN as PFC	World War II
Adams	Edward	C	PFC	Army			WW II Killed in action OH-Cuyahoga	World War II
Adams	Edward	C	Sgt				WW I - Died of wounds NY	World War I
Adams	Edward	Cody	PO2c	Navy			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Adams	Edward	D	PFC	Army			WW II Killed in action MI-Van Buren	World War II
Adams	Edward	D		MC			WW II Battle of Iwo Jima Regimental Weapons Company, 25th … WW II Battle of Iwo Jima Regimental Weapons Company, 25th Marine Regiment as PFC	World War II
Adams	Edward	E		Army			WW II 85th Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Comp… WW II 85th Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Company K	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.