In honor of Veterans’ Day, here are some websites that may help you with genealogy research for ancestors who served in the military.
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm – Database of Civil War soldiers and sailors
www.thewall-usa.com/index.asp#search – Listing of those killed in Vietnam who are included on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html – Vietnam era POW/MIA database from the Library of Congress
www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/navy-casualties/ – List of World War II casualties by state for the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard from the National Archives
www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/army-casualties/index.html – World War II Honor List of dead and missing by state for Army and Air Force from the National Archives
http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov – Nationwide grave locator for all U.S. veterans’ cemeteries. Provides birth and death dates, military service branch, where buried and dates served.
www.abmc.gov – American Battle Monuments Commission has links to databases of American military buried on foreign soil.
www.wwiimemorial.com – National World War II Memorial, on left side click on WWII Registry to search for Americans who served in World War II
www.militaryindexes.com/worldwartwo – Online World War II indexes and records
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/conflict/us-civil-war-1861-1865/rosters-new-york-volunteers-during-civil-war – Roster of New York Volunteers during the Civil War
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/ – American soldiers buried at the overseas American War Cemeteries at Ardennes, Henri-Chapelle and Margraten.
Check out our page on New York State military burial indexes at: https://www.newyorkgenlinks.com/militaryburials/
