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Military records are another useful set that will help you find out more about your ancestors. There are a ton of records that are available for free online, and there are some very robust collections (such as Fold3 and Ancestry) that have sizable online military collections as well.
Typically, military records online fall into 5 different categories:
- Military Service Records:
Includes enlistment information, such as location and date enlisted. Also includes demographic information, such as full name, birth date and location, residence, and occupation, plus contact information of next of kin, medical and military information, and unit assignations while in the military. - Selective Service Records:
Includes full name, residence, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, contact information, physical description, and other information. - Bounty Land Warrant Applications:
Includes similar information as in service records as well as other information. Only used between 1775 and 1855. - Pension Records:
Will include birth, marriage, and death records, demographic information, plus information about the spouse, and possibly children. - Special Records:
May include information if the person was a prisoner of war, was wounded or killed in action. 1910-1940 Census Records include questions about military service. Includes those buried in Veteran’s cemeteries.
A good primer on Military Records is found on FamilySearch’s Military Records page, available on their wiki.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Below, listed by state are links to military records that are available for free online. Included in each state’s page are links to free nationwide collections since there are a sizable number of collections that are available for the entire country.
Utah Military Records
National
- American Battle Monuments Commission – Korean War Honor Roll
- American Battle Monuments Commission Burials Database
- American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, 1950-1953
- Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921
- Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917 – 1922
- Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981
- Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998
- Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890
- Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917
- Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867
- Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865
- Civil War Records of Confederate Nonregiment Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865
- Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865
- Civil War Unfiled Papers of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934
- Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The Colored Troops, 1861-1866
- Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865 Images only.
- Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865
- Doughboy MIA Database 1917-1918
- Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939
- General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Index Only.
- Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1949
- Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 Index only.
- Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926
- Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918
- Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898
- Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946
- Japanese Registers of POWs WWII, Index.
- Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953
- Korean War POW/MIA List
- Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954
- Lists of Fatal Casualties of the Korean War (6/28/1950 – 3/10/1954) and the Vietnam War (6/8/1956 – 5/28/2006)
- Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848
- Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926
- Mexican War Soldiers & Sailors Database
- Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003
- Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923, Index
- Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, Index and Images
- National Archives, Archival Databases, Civil War
- National Archives, Archival Databases, Korean War
- National Archives, Archival Databases, Vietnam War
- National Archives, Archival Databases, World War II
- National Cemetery Administration – Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- National Graves Registration Database
- National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Partial Index and Images.
- National Park Service – US Mexican War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- National Society Daughters of 1812 – Ancestor Database
- Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, Index and Images
- Navy Widows’ Certificates, 1861-1910, Index
- Never Forgotten, Taiwan POW List
- Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926
- Original Mormon Battalion Roster – Mormon Battalion Association
- Pearl Harbor Casualty List
- Prisoners of the First World War
- Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
- Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903
- Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865
- Registers of Enlistments in the Army, 1798-1914
- Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942
- Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783
- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900
- Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872
- Revolutionary War Records – Daughters of the American Revolution
- Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
- Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875
- Roster of All Regimental Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the Late War, with the Service, and last-known Post-office Address (1882)” Compiled by N. A. Strait. The Text is Searchable.
- Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
- Service Personnel Not Recovered Following WWII
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Military Servicemen in World War I Records
- United States French Combatants in the Revolutionary War, 1778-1783
- Veteran’s Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
- Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Vietnam War POW/MIA List
- War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910
- War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815
- War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
- War Relocation Authority Centers, Final Accountability Rosters, 1942-1946
- World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
- World War II Casualties for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard
- World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945
- World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945
- WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualties
- YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
Utah
- Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966
- Beaver County, Military Data
- Beaver County, Military Records
- Beaver County, WWII Army Enlistment
- Box Elder County Records, 1856-1960
- Box Elder County, Military Data
- Box Elder County, Military Records
- Box Elder County, Military Records, 1942-1945
- Cache County Records, 1861-1955
- Cache County, Military Data
- Cache County, Military Records
- Cache County, Military Records, 1942-1955
- Cache County, World War 2 Army Enlistment A-G, 1938-1946
- Cache County, World War 2 Army Enlistment H-N, 1938-1946
- Cache County, World War 2 Army Enlistment O-Z, 1938-1946
- Carbon County, Military Data
- Carbon County, Military Records
- Daggett County, Army Enlistments, Military Veterans Buried in Utah
- Daggett County, Military Data
- Daggett County, Military Records
- Davis County, Military Data
- Davis County, Military Records
- Duchesne County, Military Data
- Duchesne County, Military Records
- Duchesne County, Military Veterans Buried in Duchesne County
- Emery County, Military Data
- Emery County, Military Records
- Garfield County, Military Data
- Garfield County, Military Records
- Grand County, Draft Cards 19-17-1918, Veterans Buried in Grand County
- Grand County, Military Data
- Grand County, Military Records
- Iron County, Military Data
- Iron County, Military Records
- Iron County, World War 2 Army Enlistment A-Z, 1938-1946
- Juab County, List Of Men Eligible For Military Service 1901
- Juab County, List of Persons liable to Military Duty 1901
- Juab County, Military Data
- Juab County, Military Records
- Juab County, World War II Enlistments
- Kane County, Military Data
- Kane County, Military Records
- Kane County, WWI Draft Cards
- Kane County, WWI Draft Cards
- Millard County, Military Data
- Millard County, Military Records
- Morgan County, Military Data
- Morgan County, Military Records
- Morgan County, WWI Draft Cards
- Piute County, Military Data
- Piute County, Military Records
- Piute County, WWI Draft Cards
- Rich County, Draft Registration Cards
- Rich County, Military Data
- Rich County, Military Records
- Salt Lake County, Enrolled Militia, 1895
- Salt Lake County, Military Data
- Salt Lake County, Military Records
- San Juan County, Military Data
- San Juan County, Military Records
- Sanpete County, Military Data
- Sanpete County, Military Records
- Sevier County, Military Data
- Sevier County, Military Records
- Summit County, Military Data
- Summit County, Military Records
- Tooele County Records, 1855-1956
- Tooele County, Military Data
- Tooele County, Military Records
- Tooele County, Military Records, 1919-1990
- Uintah County, Military Data
- Uintah County, Military Records
- Utah County, Military Data
- Utah County, Military Records
- Utah in the World War: the Men behind the guns and the Men and Women behind the Men behind the guns
- Utah, 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
- Utah, 1883 Utah Territory Pensioners on the Roll
- Utah, Applications Indian War Service Medals 1905-1912
- Utah, Card Index to Military Records of the Indian Wars, 1866-1867; A-Z
- Utah, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865
- Utah, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory of Utah
- Utah, Confederate Veterans and their War Records
- Utah, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1879-1934
- Utah, Grand Army of the Republic Utah Membership
- Utah, History of the Utah Volunteers in the Spanish-American War and in the Philippine Islands: a Complete History of All the Military Organizations in which Utah Men Served. Life and Service from the Time of the Muster in to the day of the Muster out
- Utah, Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory of Utah
- Utah, Indian War Service Affidavits 1909-1917
- Utah, List of GAR Members Buried in City Cemetery and Mount Olivet Cemetery
- Utah, Mexican border Campaign (15 Mar. 1916 – 5 Feb. 1917). Index to those Who Participated from Utah
- Utah, Mexican border Campaign (15 Mar. 1916 – 5 Feb. 1917). Index to those Who Participated from Utah
- Utah, Military Death Certificates 1941-1953
- Utah, Military Death Records for WWII and Korean War, 1941-1953
- Utah, Military Records, Spanish-American War, 1898-1899 (Utah)
- Utah, Military Returns and Records of the Utah expedition, 1857-1861
- Utah, Spanish-American War; Index to Utah Units
- Utah, State Military Records
- Utah, Territorial Militia Records 1849-1877
- Utah, U.S. Military Casualties in the Korean War
- Utah, U.S. Military Casualties in the Vietnam War
- Utah, United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890
- Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in the State of Utah
- Utah, War Dead Buried in Utah, 1957-1959
- Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918
- Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918
- Utah, World War I Militia Lists, 1917-1918
- Utah, World War I Service Questionnaires, 1914-1918
- Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947
- Utah, World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah, 1939-1945
- Wasatch County, Military Data
- Wasatch County, Military Records
- Washington County, An Historical Index of Men and Women of Washington County, Utah, Who Served in the Military during World War II
- Washington County, Military Data
- Washington County, Military Records
- Wayne County, Military Data
- Wayne County, Military Records
- Wayne County, World War 2 Army Enlistment A-Z
- Weber County, Military Data
- Weber County, Military Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!