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Records in this collection
- Arkansas Second Registration draft cards 1948-1959
- Duty locations, Naval Group China, World War II, 1942-1945
- General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904
- Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942
- Korean War Casualty File
- Korean War Deaths, 1950-1954
- Korean War Pows
- Korean War Pows [Repatriated]
- Louisiana draft cards 1940-1959
- Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps
- Pennsylvania, American Revolution Patriot Militia Index
- Pennsylvania, Oaths Of Allegiance Lists
- Pennsylvania, World War II casualty cards
- South Carolina, records of Confederate veterans 1909-1973
- U.S. Army Casualties, 1961-1981
- U.S. Civil War Medal of Honor, 1861-1865
- U.S. Civil War Prisoners, 1861-1865
- U.S. Civil War Sailors, 1861-1865
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
- United States Army Enlistments 1798-1914
- United States Civil War Pension Files Index 1861-1934
- United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous 1855-1891
- United States, Revolutionary War, Pensions
- United States, World War I draft registration cards
- Vermont, enrolled militia 1861-1867
- Veterans Administration pension payment cards, 1907-1933
- Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966
- Vietnam War Casualties
- Vietnam War Casualties Returned Alive
- Vietnam War Deaths
- World War II Army Enlistment Records
- World War II POWs
Find your ancestors in Military Service & Conflict
An Introduction to Military Service Records
Military Service and Conflict records are descriptive government records that reveal an ancestor’s or relative's involvement in major historical events that impacted millions across the world. Military Service records often provide rich details about an individual that can lead to new possibilities for research.
What’s in a Military Service Record?
Explore various kinds of Military Service records including draft registrations, enlistments, casualty reports, and more.
Each record may include:
- First name
- Last name
- Date of birth
- State of residence
- Date of death
- Marital status
- Race
- Religion
- Occupation
- Service number
- Military grade
- Enlistment date
- Branch of service
- Duration of service
How to use Military Service and Conflict Records
Discover the excitement of finding your ancestor’s Military and Service records as they took part in some of the most significant events of recent history. In addition to this thrill, finding your ancestor’s records could help uncover pivotal information for a family tree and avoid future “brick walls” down the road with inaccurate spelling or birth dates.
Military records on findmypast are possible launching points for finding birth cities, spouses, and even famous figures who served their country.