Online Military Documents for Veterans:
Online Veterans and Military Documents
While most our holdings are not online, a variety of military records, from photos to documents to searchable databases are available. Listed below are online collections of specific interest to veterans, their families and researchers. Additional online records may be found by searching the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) and Access to Archival Databases (AAD) systems.
Veterans' military service and medical records are not online. However, veterans and next-of-kin can order copies of these records.
How to request military service records
- Current Era and General Military Records
- Sample Official Military Personnel Files, 1912-1998
- Selected Images from the "War and Conflict" Collection
- Selected Documents from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department, 1783 - 1917
- Pictures of United States Navy Ships (1775-1941)
- Vietnam Conflict
Era
- Casualty Records for the Vietnam Conflict
:
- State-level Lists of Casualties from the Vietnam Conflict
- Casualty Statistics from the Vietnam Conflict
- Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam Conflict, 1/20/1967 - 12/1998 (description).
[Search AAD for these Records
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(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Vietnamese Conflict") - Records with Unit Information on Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam Conflict (description)
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Vietnamese Conflict")
- Records of Medals, Awards and Decorations from the Vietnam Conflict:
- Records of Awards and Decorations of Honor During the Vietnam Conflict, 5/1969 - 3/1973.
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Vietnamese Conflict") - Medal of Honor Awards Case Files, 1964 - ca. 1972
- Records of Awards and Decorations of Honor During the Vietnam Conflict, 5/1969 - 3/1973.
- Records of Combat Operations
from the Vietnam Conflict
- Records About the Ground Combat Operations by the Army During the Vietnam Conflict, 7/31/1966 - 3/12/1973.
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Vietnamese Conflict") - Records About Air Sorties Flown in Southeast Asia, 1/1970 - 6/1975.
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Vietnamese Conflict") - Records About Hostile Fire Against U.S. and Australian Warships During the Vietnam Conflict, 10/25/1966 - 4/5/1970.
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Vietnamese Conflict") - After Action Report for the Battle of Hue, 2-26 February 1968 from Operational Reports-Lessons Learned (ORLLS), 1965 - 1971
- Records About the Ground Combat Operations by the Army During the Vietnam Conflict, 7/31/1966 - 3/12/1973.
- Other Selected Records from the Vietnam Conflict
- Casualty Records for the Vietnam Conflict
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- Korean War Era
- Casualty Records for the Korean War:
- State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean War
- Records of Military Personnel Who Died as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War, ca. 1977 - 11/1979 (description).
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Korean War") - Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties, 1950 - 1970 (description).
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Casualties") - Records of American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, 1950 - 1953 (description).
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Casualties") - Records of Repatriated Korean War Prisoners of War, 1978 - 1980 (description).
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: Casualties")
- Selected Photographs from the Conflict in Korea
- Casualty Records for the Korean War:
- World War II Era
- Casualty Records for World War II
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World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel
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World War II Casualties for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel
- Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942 - 1947 (description).
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: World War, 1939-1945")
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- World War II Enlistment and Draft Records
- World War II Army Enlistment Records (Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File) (description).
[Search AAD for these Records]
(Search tip: in AAD, select "Subject: World War, 1939-1945") - Selective Service System Registration Cards for Ohio Men born April 28, 1877, through February 16, 1897
- World War II Army Enlistment Records (Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File) (description).
- Photos from World War II
- Pictures of World War II: An online collection of selected photos of World War II.
- Pictures of African Americans During World War II
- A People at War: an online exhibit featuring photos and documents from the National Personnel Records Center.
- Reports and Photos related to Japanese attacks on U.S. merchant ships
- Selected Photographs from the Eleventh Naval District
- Selected Photographs Relating to the Mare Island and Hunters Point Naval Shipyards, California
- Other Selected Records from the World War II Era
- Research World War II
- Selected Finding Aids for World War II
- Casualty Records for World War II
- World War I Era
- The Operation of the So-Called "Lost Battalion," October 2 to 8, 1918.
- American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918
- Spanish-American War Era
- Selected Military Service Records of Spanish-American War Volunteers (Rough Riders)
- Selected Documents relating to the Spanish-American War and the sinking of the USS Maine
Civil War Era- Service and Casualty Records
- Selected Records of Death and Interment at Camp Nelson, KY, 1864-1865
- Index of Compiled Military Service Records from the National Park Service's Civil War Soldier and Sailor System
- Pictures and Photographs of the Civil War
- Service and Casualty Records
- American Revolutionary War Era
