Research Military Records

Databases

Online Military Indexes & Records by Joe Beine

Direct link to searchable database at Ancestry.com. A few of the records are free but for most you need to have an Ancestry subscription or access the records at the library.

Oregon in WWI

Newspaper articles about WWI Service Flag

Nationwide Veterans’ Gravesite Locator

This site is a storehouse of facility and key staff information within 1883 VA facilities, maintained on a regular basis by editors and administrators nationwide throughout the VA network. Designed for ease-of-use, this site categorizes information for browsing by state and administration, as well as by viewing through an interactive map of the United States

62,000 books in 36 different languages on all periods of American history including unit histories, which often contain rosters.

Arlington National Cemetery

American Battle Monuments Commission — Burials overseas

Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949

Daughters of the American Revolution - Ancestor Search

Sons of the American Revolution

United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada

National Archives: Military Resources - American Revolution

National Archives: Follow the Money – Tracking Revolutionary War Army Pension Payments

Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor — by Connie Lenzen

National Archives: Civil War Genealogy Notes

National Park Service - Soldiers and Sailors Database

1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War — at FamilySearch

Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903 — at FamilySearch

Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers — by William Dollarhide

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - The Grand Army of the Republic History

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) quickly became the preeminent veterans' organization formed at the close of the Civil War.

The Civil War Home Page

Spanish American War Centennial website

Spanish American War - Grave recording project

National Archives: War Casualties - Korea

National Archives: War Casualties - Vietnam

War Casualties - Iraq

War Casualties - Afghanistan

The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress.

Stories of American Heroes - Brought to you from the "Home of Heroes" - Pueblo, Colorado