Veterans Military History Database

Lastname	Firstname	Middle	Rank	Service	Dieddate	Remark	Conflict
Allan	Earl	L		Army		WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Med… WW II 254th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Medical Detachment as PVT	World War II
Allan	Edgar			Army		Civil War 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, Company M	Civil War
Allan	Edward	Jack		Navy		WW II LST 246 as S1c	World War II
Allan	Ernest	Edward		Navy		WW II ATR-80 as COX	World War II
Allan	Eston	Russell		Navy		WW II USS Leutze (DD-481) as SC1c	World War II
Allan	Evan	E	2LT	Army		WW II Finding of death UT-Utah	World War II
Allan	Even			AF		WW II 489th Bombardment Group (8th Air Force)	World War II
Allan	Floyd	Hartsorn		Navy		WW II USS San Juan (CL-54) as F1c	World War II
Allan	Frank	W	PFC		1918-09-27 00:00:00.000	WW I - Died in service NY	World War I
Allan	Frank	W	CPL			WW I - Killed in action NY-Kings	World War I
Allan	Fred	E		Army	1876-06-25 00:00:00.000	Indian Wars 7th Cavalry Regiment, Co. C as PVT Jun 25 1876… Indian Wars 7th Cavalry Regiment, Co. C as PVT Jun 25 1876, Battle of Little Big Horn Killed in action	Indian Wars
Allan	Frederick	A		Navy		WW II USS Vicksburg (CL-86)	World War II
Allan	George			Army		Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company E M… Civil War 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, Company E May be Allen, qv	Civil War
Allan	George			Army		Civil War 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, Maryland Volunt… Civil War 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, Maryland Volunteers, Company D as 1LT	Civil War
Allan	George			Army		Civil War 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Trooup, Maryland Volunt… Civil War 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Trooup, Maryland Volunteers, Company B as PVTCivil War 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Trooup, Maryland Volunteers, Company D as 1LT and Regimental Staff	Civil War
Allan	George	R., Jr.		Army		WW II 7th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) as PVT	World War II
Allan	George	W		Army		Civil War 1st Artilley Regiment, Regular Army, Battery E	Civil War
Allan	Gilbert	L		Navy		WW II USS Phelps (DD-360) as AS	World War II
Allan	Gordon	James		Navy		WW II USS Augusta (CA-31) as QM2c	World War II
Allan	Guy	L		Navy		WW II USS New Orleans (CA-32) as SSMB2c(T)	World War II
Allan	H	C		Navy		WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, as CDR, Commander USS Ha… WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, as CDR, Commander USS Haraden	World War II
Allan	Harold	E		Army		WW II 347th Infantry Regiment (87th Infantry Division), Com… WW II 347th Infantry Regiment (87th Infantry Division), Company I	World War II
Allan	Harry	C		Navy		WW I - KS-Wyandotte	World War I
Allan	Harvey	T		Army		WW II 15th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) as SGT	World War II
Allan	Hector	M	2LT	Army		WW II Killed in action IL-Cook	World War II
Allan	Hiram	C		Army		WW I - KS-Dickinson	World War I
Allan	J	J		CSA		Civil War 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT … Civil War 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company A as PVT Also see John J. Qllen	Civil War
Allan	J	M		Navy		WW II Torpedo Squadron 31 aboard USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)	World War II
Allan	James			Army		Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company G as… Civil War 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company G as PVT	Civil War
Allan	James			AAF		WW II 373rd Fighter Group (9th Air Force)	World War II
Allan	James	C		Navy		WW II USS Louisville (CA-28) as CEM(PA)	World War II
Allan	James	E	TSGT		1944-11-08 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service MS	World War II
Allan	James	E	PVT	Army		WW II Died-non battle VA-Pittsylvania	World War II
Allan	James	E	TSGT	Army		WW II Finding of death MS-Lauderdale	World War II
Allan	James	L	SSGT		1945-02-02 00:00:00.000	WW II Died in service IA	World War II
Allan	James	L	SSGT	Army		WW II Killed in action IA-Polk	World War II
Allan	James	M		Army		Civil War 1st Ohio Cavalry Regiment as 1LT-Quartermaster	Civil War
Allan	James	W., Jr.		MC		WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company H, 1st Marine Regiment… WW II Oct 1942, Guadalcanal Company H, 1st Marine Regiment as PFC	World War II
Allan	John			A(C)		Civil War Ist Virginia Infantry Regiment (Williams Rifles),… Civil War Ist Virginia Infantry Regiment (Williams Rifles), Company G as PVT-SGT May be Allen, qv. Also see other John	Civil War
Allan	John			A(C)		Civil War 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Company I as PVT … Civil War 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Company I as PVT Also see other John	Civil War
Allan	John			Army		WW II Jul 1944, 134th Infantry Regiment, Company C as SGT	World War II
Allan	John	A		Navy		WW II USS Diphda (AKA-59) as SKD2c	World War II
Allan	John	Chalmers, Jr.		Navy		WW II LCI(M)-658 as QM3c	World War II
Allan	John	R., Jr.		Army		WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Com… WW II 255th Infantry Regiment (63rd Infantry Division), Company I as PFC	World War II
Allan	John	W		AF		WW II 528th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group as 1LT, Naviga… WW II 528th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group as 1LT, Navigator, Kunz's crew, Duff's crew, Dickson's Crew	World War II
Allan	John	W	PVT	MC		WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Allan	John	W	PVT	MC		WW II Died in service NY	World War II
Allan	John	W		MC		WW I - 5th Marine Regiment, 55th (H) Company as PVT	World War I
Allan	Joseph			Army		Civil War 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company D as PVT… Civil War 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Company D as PVT May be Alen, qv, or Allen, qv	Civil War
Allan	Joseph	Brooks	PVT	MC		WW II Wounded UT	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.