Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Borndate	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Abbott	Calvin	L	T/5	Army	1925-08-29 00:00:00.000	1996-09-29 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in IL	World War II
Abbott	Calvin	P		Navy			WW II USS Brooklyn (CL-40) as GM3c	World War II
Abbott	Calvin	V		Army	1925-08-12 00:00:00.000	2012-10-17 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in SC	World War II
Abbott	Carl		SGT	Army	1916-08-16 00:00:00.000	2007-05-05 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in IL	World War II
Abbott	Carl	Bruce, Jr.		Navy			WW II USS Montpelier (CL-57) as S2c	World War II
Abbott	Carl	C		Army			WW I - KS-Wyandotte	World War I
Abbott	Carl	D., Jr.	S2c	Navy	1919-05-05 00:00:00.000	2009-07-18 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in CT	World War II
Abbott	Carl	Dana, III	A2c	Navy	1941-09-13 00:00:00.000	2011-03-29 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Buried in OR	Vietnam War
Abbott	Carl	Edward	SP4	Army	1950-10-12 00:00:00.000	2003-10-27 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Buried in IL	Vietnam War
Abbott	Carl	F	SSGT	Army		1942-10-03 00:00:00.000	WW II 194th Tank Battalion Died in service CA	World War II
Abbott	Carl	F	SSGT	Army			WW II CA-Monterey Died non-battle	World War II
Abbott	Carl	G		Army			WW I - KS-Kiowa	World War I
Abbott	Carl	H		Navy			WW II USS Waller (DDE-466) as S1c	World War II
Abbott	Carl	L		MC			WW II Battle of Iwo Jima HQ and Service Company, 25th Marine… WW II Battle of Iwo Jima HQ and Service Company, 25th Marine Regiment as PVT	World War II
Abbott	Carl	Nelson	PFC	Army	1923-06-14 00:00:00.000	1998-02-07 00:00:00.000	WW II Buried in CA	World War II
Abbott	Carlyle			AF			WW II 95th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group as 1LT	World War II
Abbott	Carroll	David	SP4	Army		1966-10-29 00:00:00.000	Vietnam War Died in service TN	Vietnam War
Abbott	Carroll	David	SP4	Army			Died in Vietnam War Name is on the wall	Vietnam War
Abbott	Cecil	L	PVT	Army			WW II Died non-battle OH-Hamilton	World War II
Abbott	Charles			Army			Civil War 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	Charles			Army			Civil War 1st Kansas Infantry Regiment, Company D as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	Charles			Army			Civil War 3rd Artillery Regiment, Regular Army, Battery G	Civil War
Abbott	Charles			Army			Civil War 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment, Company G	Civil War
Abbott	Charles			Army			WW II 902nd Field Artillery Battalion (77th Infantry Divisi… WW II 902nd Field Artillery Battalion (77th Infantry Division), Service Battery as PVT	World War II
Abbott	Charles			AAF			WW II 777th Bomb Squadron (464th Bombardment Group)	World War II
Abbott	Charles	B		Army			Civil War Company E, 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment	Civil War
Abbott	Charles	E		Army			WW II 397th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), Co… WW II 397th Infantry Regiment (100th Infantry Division), Company L as SGT IN	World War II
Abbott	Charles	F		Army			WW II 902nd Field Artillery Battalion (77th Infantry Divisi… WW II 902nd Field Artillery Battalion (77th Infantry Division), HQ Battery as TSGT	World War II
Abbott	Charles	G		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
Abbott	Charles	H		Army			Civil War May 19-Jul 4 1863, Siege of Vicksburg MS, as COL,… Civil War May 19-Jul 4 1863, Siege of Vicksburg MS, as COL, Commander 30th Iowa Infantry Regiment, succeeded by COL William M. G. Terrence	Civil War
Abbott	Charles	H		Army			Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company K as… Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company K as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	Charles	H		Army			Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery K as … Civil War 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery K as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	Charles	H		Army			WW II 133rd Field Artillery Battalion (36th Infantry Divisi… WW II 133rd Field Artillery Battalion (36th Infantry Division), Service Battery as PFC TX	World War II
Abbott	Charles	J		Army			WW II 274th Infantry Regiment (70th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 274th Infantry Regiment (70th Infantry Division), Company H as PFC	World War II
Abbott	Charles	L		Army			Korean War Died in service IA	Korean War
Abbott	Charles	L	PFC	MC			WW II MIA OK	World War II
Abbott	Charles	L		Army			WW II 30th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) as PFC	World War II
Abbott	Charles	Lee		Navy			WW II USS LSM-31 as SC2c	World War II
Abbott	Charles	O		Army			Civil War 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, Company G	Civil War
Abbott	Charles	S		Army			Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company G as… Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	Charles	W		Army			Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company E as… Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company E as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	Charles	W	PFC	MC			WW II Died in service MO	World War II
Abbott	Charles	W		MC			WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company M, 1st Marine Regiment… WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company M, 1st Marine Regiment as PVT	World War II
Abbott	Charles	William		Navy			WW II USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) (Flag Allowance) as RM3c	World War II
Abbott	Charley	C		Army			WW I - KS-Ness	World War I
Abbott	Charlie	William	COX	Navy			WW II Wounded TN	World War II
Abbott	Chas.			Army			Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery C as… Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery C as PVT	Civil War
Abbott	Chase		CPL			1942-10-19 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service MA	World War II
Abbott	Chase		CPL	Army			WW II Died non-battle MA-Plymouth	World War II
Abbott	Chauncy			Army			Civil War 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company H as EM	Civil War

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.