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== Online Resources ==
*''See [[United States Military Online Genealogy Records]] for more resources.''
*'''1898-1934''' {{RecordSearch|3159282|Alaska, State Archives (Juneau), Military Service Discharge Records, 1898-1934}} at FamilySearch; index - [[Alaska, State Archives (Juneau), Military Service Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1940-1945''' {{RecordSearch|2684865|Alaska, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945}} at FamilySearch; index & images - [[Alaska, World War II Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1948-1949''' {{RecordSearch|4138678|Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records, 1948-1949}} at FamilySearch; index & images - [[Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[http://www.vietvet.org/statewall/alaska/ak.htm The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Alaska]
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/ak-alpha.pdf Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Alaska]


==Background==
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U.S. servicemen have been in Alaska since 1867, when Alaska was placed under the jurisdiction of the War Department. Most of these soldiers were from the lower 48 states. The FamilySearch Library has enlistment registers for the regular army, 1798 to 1914 {{FSC|43696|item|disp=FS Library film 350307 (first film.)}} Also found on line in FamilySearch Historical Records {{RecordSearch|1910717|United States, Civil War Soldiers Index}}; {{RecordSearch|1880762|United States, Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914.}} The registers provide the soldier's name, rank, unit, commanders, physical description, occupation, and birthplace. The records are arranged by year and by the first letter of the surname.


== Forts  ==
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A historical sketch of forts in Alaska is in Bruce Grant, ''American Forts Yesterday and Today'' (New York, NY: E. P. Dutton Co., 1965; {{FSC|467302|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 H2gb.}})
The [[United States Military Records|United States Military Records]] Wiki article provides more information on federal military records and search strategies.  


*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Richardson_(Alaska) Fort Richardson] 
Military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives.  
*[http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/ak2.html Fort St. Michael ]-- Also known as Fort Archangel Michael, Fort Archangel Gabriel, Fort New Archangel, or Novo Archangelesk and finally the fort was renamed Post of Sitka (Fort Sitka).  Textual records of this fort, 1867-1877, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7).
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Selkirk,_Yukon Fort Selkirk]


== Spanish-American War (1898) ==
U.S. servicemen have been in Alaska since 1867, when Alaska was placed under the jurisdiction of the War Department. Most of these soldiers were from the lower 48 states. The Family History Library has enlistment registers for the regular army, 1798 to 1914 {{FHL|43696|item|disp=FHL film 350307 (first film.)}} Also found on line in FamilySearch Historical Records {{RecordSearch|1910717|United States, Civil War Soldiers Index}}; {{RecordSearch|1880762|United States, Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914.}} The registers provide the soldier's name, rank, unit, commanders, physical description, occupation, and birthplace. The records are arranged by year and by the first letter of the surname.


The Spanish-American War was largely fought in Cuba and the Philippines. Spanish-American War records might exist in the state from which the soldier served or in a state where the veteran later resided.
=== Forts  ===


'''Indexes'''  
A historical sketch of forts in Alaska is in Bruce Grant, ''American Forts Yesterday and Today'' (New York, NY: E. P. Dutton Co., 1965; {{FHL|467302|item|disp=FHL book 973 H2gb.}})


*{{RecordSearch|1919699|United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934}} (NARA T288) at FamilySearch; Index covers veterans of the Civil War, '''Spanish‑American War,''' Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Rebellion (1900 to 1901), and the regular Army, Navy, and Marine forces. ([[United States, General Index to Pension Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|Learn more.]])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Richardson Fort Mims]  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry Fort Patrick Henry]  
*{{RecordSearch|1919583|United States, Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898}} at FamilySearch; images [[United States, Index to Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers in the War with Spain - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection.]]
*[http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/ak2.html Fort St. Michael&nbsp;]-- Also known as Fort Archangel Michael, Fort Archangel Gabriel, Fort New Archangel, or Novo Archangelesk and finally the fort was renamed Post of Sitka (Fort Sitka).&nbsp; Textual records of this fort, 1867-1877, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7).  
*{{RecordSearch|3159282|Alaska, State Archives (Juneau), Military Service Discharge Records, 1898-1934}} at FamilySearch; index — [[Alaska, State Archives (Juneau), Military Service Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Selkirk,_Yukon Fort Selkirk]
Click on the link to learn more about the [[Spanish-American War, 1898|Spanish American War]].
 
== World War I (1917-1918)  ==
 
World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. Over four million men and women served from the United States.
 
*'''1917-1918''' {{RecordSearch|1968530|United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
 
*'''1917-1940''' {{RecordSearch|2968245|United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940}} at FamilySearch; index — [[United States, Veterans Administration Master Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
 
*'''1917-1919''' {{RecordSearch|2996059|United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919}} at FamilySearch; index — [[United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
 
*United States. Selective Service System. ''Alaska, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987-1988. {{FSC|746965|item|disp=FS Library films 1473296–1473299}} These cards have been digitized and are searchable online at {{RecordSearch|1968530|United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}}.
 
*{{RecordSearch|2513098|United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
 
See [[United States World War I Draft Records|WWI Draft Records]] for more information.
 
*[https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=0c472dcf7385420b893a89a342cccc67 Alaska and WWI: A Centennial Exhibit Alaska State Archives]
*[https://archives.alaska.gov/for_researchers/coll_guides.html Alaska World War I Veterans Data - Alaska State Archives - See Collection Guides]
*{{FSC|2866657|item|disp=Alaska, World War I soldiers' discharge records, 1917-1919}} at FamilySearch; index & images
 
== World War II (1941-1945) ==
 
'''Draft Registrations'''
On 16 September 1940, President Roosevelt signed into law the first peacetime Selective Service Act. During WWII, the Selective Service System conducted '''six draft registrations'''; these records are held collectively in two groupings at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO. The registrations are part of Record Group 147 [https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/147.html Records of the Selective Service System.] From December, 1942 to August, 1945 no enlistments were allowed. The  Selective Service became the only way men entered the service for the remainder of the war.  
 
*'''1940-1945''' {{RecordSearch|2684865|Alaska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[Alaska, World War II Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] <br>
 
''' Fourth Registration'''<br>
On April 27, 1942, the Selective Service conducted the fourth of six draft registrations related to WWII. The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the “Old Man’s Registration” or the “Old Man’s Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. Since there is overlap in the WWI and WWII Selective Service registration, men born in the years 1877 to 1900 may have registered twice and have both WWII and WWI draft records.


*'''1942''' United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 at FamilySearch; {{RecordSearch|1861144|index}} and {{RecordSearch|1339071|images}} — [[Alaska, World War II Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; also available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002 Ancestry] ($); [http://www.fold3.com/title_765/wwii_old_mans_draft_registration_cards Fold3] ($)<br>
=== World War I (1917-1918)  ===


'''Relocation Records'''
*United States. Selective Service System. ''Alaska, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987-1988. {{FHL|746965|item|disp=FHL films 1473296–1473299}} These cards have been digitized and are searchable online at {{RecordSearch|1968530|United States, WW I Draft Registration Cards.}} See [[United States World War I Draft Records|WWI Draft Records]] for more information.
*'''1942-1945''' {{RecordSearch|2821288|Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945}} at FamilySearch; index — [[Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] <br>


'''Other Records'''
=== World War II (1941-1945)  ===


For sailors from Alaska who died in World War II, see Volume 2 of ''Combat Connected Naval Casualties, World War II, by States'', Two Volumes. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1946; {{FSC|287905|item|disp=FS Library film 1440393 item 1; book 973 M23un}}  
For sailors from Alaska who died in World War II, see Volume 2 of ''Combat Connected Naval Casualties, World War II, by States'', Two Volumes. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1946; {{FHL|287905|item|disp=FHL film 1440393 item 1; book 973 M23un}}  


A national cemetery with about 500 graves is located at Sitka (see [[Alaska Cemeteries]]).  
A national cemetery with about 500 graves is located at Sitka (see [[Alaska Cemeteries]]).


[[World War II United States Military Records, 1941 to 1945|World War II United States Military Records]] provides additional information.
=== Vietnam War (1964–1972)  ===


*[https://www.alaskacenters.gov/explore/culture/history/world-war-ii World War II in Alaska]
The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). See the [[United States Vietnam War 1964 to 1972|Vietnam War]] wiki article for information on records and their availability.
*[http://www.kadiak.org/units.html Kodiak Alaska Military History Museum World War II Units]
*{{FSC|214943|item|disp=copied and typed by the Tahlequah Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. National Cemetery records, Sitka, Alaska}} FamilySearch Catalog
*Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. ''The Williwaw War : The Arkansas National Guard in the Aleutians in World War II.'' Fayetteville, Arkansas : University of Arkansas Press, 1992, c1992. {{FSC|645824|item|disp=FS Library 976.7 M2g}}


== Korean War (1950–1953)  ==
=== Korean War (1950–1953)  ===


The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (and its communist allies) and South Korea (with support of the United Nations, primarily the United States). See the [[United States Korean War 1950 to 1953|Korean War ]] wiki article for information on records and their availability.  
The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (and its communist allies) and South Korea (with support of the United Nations, primarily the United States). See the [[United States Korean War 1950 to 1953|Korean War ]] wiki article for information on records and their availability.


== Vietnam War (1964–1972)  ==


The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). See the [[United States Vietnam War 1964 to 1972|Vietnam War]] wiki article for information on records and their availability.<br>


== Websites ==
== Web Sites ==


*[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/alaska-records.htm Alaska Military Records]  
*[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/alaska-records.htm Alaska Military Records]  
*[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/record-search-military.php?locIndex=299874 epodunk.com]
*[http://www.familymilitaryrecords.com/state.asp?state=AK FamilyMilitaryRecords.com]
*'''The Civil War Pension Index Cards Collection''', {{RecordSearch|1979425|United States, Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926}} has a few pension cards for servicemen, from Alaska, who served in the military during the early 1900s.
*'''The Civil War Pension Index Cards Collection''', {{RecordSearch|1979425|United States, Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926}} has a few pension cards for servicemen, from Alaska, who served in the military during the early 1900s.


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The United States Military Records Wiki article provides more information on federal military records and search strategies.

Military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives.

U.S. servicemen have been in Alaska since 1867, when Alaska was placed under the jurisdiction of the War Department. Most of these soldiers were from the lower 48 states. The Family History Library has enlistment registers for the regular army, 1798 to 1914 FHL film 350307 (first film.) Also found on line in FamilySearch Historical Records United States, Civil War Soldiers Index; United States, Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914. The registers provide the soldier's name, rank, unit, commanders, physical description, occupation, and birthplace. The records are arranged by year and by the first letter of the surname.

Forts[edit | edit source]

A historical sketch of forts in Alaska is in Bruce Grant, American Forts Yesterday and Today (New York, NY: E. P. Dutton Co., 1965; FHL book 973 H2gb.)

World War I (1917-1918)[edit | edit source]

World War II (1941-1945)[edit | edit source]

For sailors from Alaska who died in World War II, see Volume 2 of Combat Connected Naval Casualties, World War II, by States, Two Volumes. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1946; FHL film 1440393 item 1; book 973 M23un

A national cemetery with about 500 graves is located at Sitka (see Alaska Cemeteries).

Vietnam War (1964–1972)[edit | edit source]

The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). See the Vietnam War wiki article for information on records and their availability.

Korean War (1950–1953)[edit | edit source]

The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (and its communist allies) and South Korea (with support of the United Nations, primarily the United States). See the Korean War wiki article for information on records and their availability.


Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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