Start Your Research. You may first want to search the WW1 Draft registration cards for basic information on individuals (see Draft cards section below). Nearly all men between the ages of 18-45 registered during the years the draft was implemented, about 23% of the U.S. population. If you are interested in researching military service records ...

In 1973, a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri destroyed approximately 80% of Army Personnel discharge records from 1912 through 1960, complicating research on the service of WWI Veterans. State-level records remain, some of which are available in our Edward Jones Research Center.Other records have been made available online through the efforts of various ...

Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918 from FamilySearch. Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 from FamilySearch; for the Marine Corps, Navy, and out of state enlistments. Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920 from FamilySearch; for soldiers who served in the 83rd Division.

The database was originally World War 1 veterans from the State of Indiana, but men from other states are also listed. This is an ongoing, fifteen-year project, initiated from the records of the Indiana War Memorial, over 137,000 veterans are listed, but detailed records on only 38,000 to date, but more are added weekly. ...

The United States entered World War I in April 1917. Over 4.7 million men and women served in the regular U.S. forces, national guard units, and draft units with about 2.8 million serving overseas. There were 53,402 killed in action, 63,114 deaths from disease and other causes, and about 205,000 wounded. Histories.

Find Your World War One Ancestor. In partnership with the United States World War One Centennial Commission, the World War I Roll of Honor features profiles of many of the more than 4 million American servicepersons who responded to the call of “Over There” in support of the war-weary Allies and helped achieve victory in "The War That Changed the World."

Gun crew from Regimental Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry, firing 37 mm gun during an advance on German entrenched positions. View in Catalog. As the largest repository of American World War I records, the National Archives invites you to browse the wealth of records and information documenting the U.S. experience in this conflict, including photographs, documents, audiovisual recordings ...

records by: Mail a Standard Form (SF) 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records to: National Personnel Records Center 1 Archives Drive St. Louis, MO 63138. Fax a Standard Form 180 to: 314-801-9195. Unaccessioned Federal records requests may also be made online via.

Friday-Monday, May 24-27 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Trees of Remembrance. Commemorate the service and memory of a fallen soldier by adding their name to a poppy blossom, displayed on the branches of the Trees of Remembrance. Friday, May 24 - Monday, May 27 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Memorial Day Weekend 2024. This Memorial Day weekend, join us as we give special ...

The online collections database is supported by the David T. Beals III Charitable Trust, the Hall Family Foundation, the Missouri Arts Council, Sprint and the William T. Kemper Foundation. The National WWI Museum and Memorial's online collections database allows you to search digital records of our global collection that began in 1920.