Collection

Veterans

Military personnel, biographical remarks, and matched conflicts.

Showing 1,151–1,200

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Abbot	Franklin	B		Army			Civil War 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT… Civil War 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT-CPL	Civil War
Abbot	Fred'k		PVT	Army		1864-09-01 00:00:00.000	Civil War Buried in GA	Civil War
Abbot	Frederick	S. B.		Army			Indian Wars 7th Cavalry Regiment, General Supt., Expediti… Indian Wars 7th Cavalry Regiment, General Supt., Expedition Quartermaster Jun 25 1876, Battle of Little Big Horn	Indian Wars
Abbot	George		Pvt	CSA 17th Virginia Infantry			Civil War/Pvt Co E	Civil War
Abbot	George			Army			War of 1812 Captain J. Putnam's, MA, as SGT	War of 1812
Abbot	George	E		Army			WW II 743rd Tank Battalion (3rd Infantry Division) as TSGT … WW II 743rd Tank Battalion (3rd Infantry Division) as TSGT Also see George H Abbott	World War II
Abbot	George	W		Army			Civil War 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery B … Civil War 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery B as PVT	Civil War
Abbot	Harrison	L		Army			WW II 399th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), Co… WW II 399th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), Company A as PFC TN Wounded	World War II
Abbot	Henry			Army			Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Co… Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Company, as CPT, commander	American Revolution
Abbot	Henry	L		Army			May sometimes be spelled Abbott Civil War Jul 1-3 1863, Ba… May sometimes be spelled Abbott Civil War Jul 1-3 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, as CPT, succeeded LCOL George N. Macy as Commander 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment May 5-6 1864, Battle of the Wilderness, as MAJ, Commander 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Jan-Apr 1865, as BvtBGEN, Commander Seige Train, Richmond Campaign Mar 29-Apr 9 1865, Appomattox Campaign, as Bvt BGEN, Commander Seige Train	Civil War
Abbot	Howard	B	SP3	Army			Born 1931 Korean War Died 1993 Buried in ME	Korean War
Abbot	Howard	N	SGT	MC	1923-09-24 00:00:00.000	2004-12-02 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in CA	World War II
Abbot	Howard	N		MC			WW II Battle of Iwo Jima 3rd Pioneer Battalion as PFC	World War II
Abbot	Ira	C		Army			Civil War May be Abbott * Dec 11-15 1862, Battle of Fred… Civil War May be Abbott * Dec 11-15 1862, Battle of Fredericksburg, as COL, Commander 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment Jul 1-3 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, as COL, Commander 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment, succeeded by LCOL William A. Throop	Civil War
Abbot	J			Army			WW I - 105th Infantry Regiment, Company D as PVT	World War I
Abbot	J			Army			WW I - 105th Infantry Regiment (27th Division) as PVT	World War I
Abbot	Jeremiah			Army			War of 1812 CPT. John Russell's Company (OH) as PVT	War of 1812
Abbot	Joel		Commodore	Navy	1793-01-18 00:00:00.000	1855-12-14 00:00:00.000	Appointed midshipman Jun 18 1812 War of 1812 Served with d… Appointed midshipman Jun 18 1812 War of 1812 Served with distinction 1852, Commander USS Macedonian 1855, as Commodore, Commander East India Squadron See DD-184 (Abbot), and DD-629 (Abbot),	War of 1812
Abbot	Joel	James	ABMAG2c	Navy	1921-10-26 00:00:00.000	2006-08-10 00:00:00.000	WW II Korean War Buried in WV	World War II
Abbot	John			Army			Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Co… Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Company as 2LT	American Revolution
Abbot	John			Army			Civil War 2nd California Cavalry Regiment, Company L as PVT… Civil War 2nd California Cavalry Regiment, Company L as PVT-Farrier	Civil War
Abbot	John			Army			War of 1812 Captain J. Putnam's, MA, as PVT	War of 1812
Abbot	John	J		AF			WW II 57th Fighter Group HQ as Enlisted	World War II
Abbot	John	J		AF			WW II 57th Fighter Group HQ as Enlisted	World War II
Abbot	John	Lovejoy		Army			Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Co… Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Company	American Revolution
Abbot	John	Martin	SPC	Army	1922-08-30 00:00:00.000	1992-11-03 00:00:00.000	WW II Korean War Vietnam War Buried in NM	World War II
Abbot	John	R., Jr.	LTJG			1945-06-16 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service MA	World War II
Abbot	John	Radford, Jr.	LTJG	Navy			WW II Died in service MO	World War II
Abbot	Jonathan			Army			Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Co… Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Company as SGT	American Revolution
Abbot	Joseph			Army			Civil War 66th New York Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT	Civil War
Abbot	Lyndon	T., III	SP5	Army	1945-06-22 00:00:00.000	2006-06-24 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Buried in NJ	Vietnam War
Abbot	Lynn	E		Navy			WW II USS Bosque as S1c IL	World War II
Abbot	Marshall	A	PVT	Army		1946-01-13 00:00:00.000	WW I - Buried in MO	World War I
Abbot	Michael	J		Army			WW I - 105th Infantry Regiment, Company I as Mess SGT	World War I
Abbot	Michael	J		Army			WW I - 105th Infantry Regiment (27th Division) as MessSGT	World War I
Abbot	Milton	R	ENS	Navy	1892-12-13 00:00:00.000	1977-05-12 00:00:00.000	WW I - Buried in VA	World War I
Abbot	Moses			Army			Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Co… Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Company as Clerk	American Revolution
Abbot	Nathan			Army			Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Co… Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Company	American Revolution
Abbot	Nathan	Jr.		Army			Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Co… Revolutionary War April 19 1775, Abbot's (Massachusetts) Company	American Revolution
Abbot	Pasquale	J	PVT	AF	1915-10-25 00:00:00.000	1998-12-30 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in NY	World War II
Abbot	Phillips			AAF			WW II 366th Fighter Group (9th Air Force)	World War II
Abbot	Richard	W	PVT	Army			WW II 589th Field Artillery Battalion (106th Infantry Divis… WW II 589th Field Artillery Battalion (106th Infantry Division), Battery B as PVT MIA 12/17/1944	World War II
Abbot	Sam		SC3c	Navy	1915-04-21 00:00:00.000	1982-01-18 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in MO	World War II
Abbot	Stewart	H		Army			WW II 306th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 306th Infantry Regiment (77th Infantry Division), Company A as TSGT	World War II
Abbot	Stuart	R	GM2c	Navy	1921-11-11 00:00:00.000		WW II Buried in MA	World War II
Abbot	Stuart	Robertson		Navy			WW II USS Denver (CL-58) as GM3c	World War II
Abbot	Thomas	F		Army			WW I - 105th Infantry Regiment, Company I as PFC	World War I
Abbot	Thomas	F		Army			WW I - 105th Infantry Regiment (27th Division) as PFC	World War I
Abbot	W	K		A(C)			Civil War 21st Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT … Civil War 21st Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company I as PVT May be W.H. Abbett, qv, or William K. Abbett, qv, or William K. Abbitt, qv	Civil War
Abbot	Waldo	M., Jr.	CPT	Army	1916-12-30 00:00:00.000	2001-05-24 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in MI	World War II

Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

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.