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"All gave some, some gave All..." In our nations history our service men and women have risen to the call of this great nation to help defend it and the freedoms it offers. The following is places to start your search for your military ancestors, friends, and loved ones. Here you will find places to learn about our Government, History and our Military past and present.
"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will & moral courage of Free men. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."........President Ronald Regan
Brief Timeline Colonial Wars................1620-1775
Revolutionary War
There are basically
3 different kinds of records to research, Compiled Service Records, Pension
Records, and Bounty land Records.
Civil War There are numerous
records to begin your research. The Compiled Service Records, Pension
Applications, Widows Pension Applications, Unit Histories or Records, and Battle
or Engagement Histories. The National Archives (NARA) holds most of these
records except for Confederate Pensions. Confederate Pensions are held by
the individual states. Pensions were applied for in the
state the veteran or widow were residing after the war. If your
ancestor fought for Tennessee during the war but later moved to Virginia he or
his widow would have filed for a pension in Virginia.
Confederate pensions were usually
only available to disabled or indigent soldiers or their dependents.
This is a compilation of the Official Records and formal reports of both Union and Confederate Armies by the US War Department. The records make up 128 books in 69 volumes in 4 series plus the general index. Contains records of the first seizures of United States property in the Southern States, and of all military operations in the field, correspondence and orders.
World War I - World War II On July 12, 1973 a fire destroyed approximately 16-18 million official military personnel files held at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis Missouri. NARA list the following records as lost: Army - 80% loss of personnel records discharged between November 1, 1912 to January 1, 1960. Air Force - 75% loss of personnel records discharged between September 25, 1947 to January 1, 1964 (with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E.) There is a link located at the top far right of this page to order military records from NARA. Requests for copies of veterans’ Military Personnel Files must be authorized by original signature of the veteran or next-of-kin to protect their privacy.
Korea
Vietnam
American Battle Monuments Commission This site covers WWI, WWII, & Korea. Here you can search for a service member who is buried over seas. If you find someone located in one of the cemeteries you can request a color lithograph of the cemetery with a photo of the headstone attached to it. There is also a floral order form so you can have flowers ordered and placed on the service members grave.
VA National Cemeteries, State Veterans Cemeteries and various other Department of Interior and Military Cemeteries.
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American Military in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic US Department of Veteran's Affairs US Marine Corps History & Museums National Museum of Air Force History
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