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| RW_URL_02 =[https://www.archives.gov/files/st-louis/pdf/va-claim-files-and-ww1-burial-files.pdf Veterans Administration Claim Files and World War I Burial Files National at St. Louis Power Point]  
| RW_URL_03 =[https://www.archives.gov/files/st-louis/pdf/finding-your-ww1-veteran.pdf Finding Your World War I Veteran at the National Archives at St. Louis Power Point]  
| RW_URL_03 =[https://www.archives.gov/files/st-louis/pdf/finding-your-ww1-veteran.pdf Finding Your World War I Veteran at the National Archives at St. Louis Power Point]  
| RW_URL_04 =[https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials#.W2sLqChKiUk America Battle Monuments Commission: cemeteries & Memorials]
| RW_URL_04 =[https://api.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials America Battle Monuments Commission: cemeteries & Memorials]
| RW_URL_05 =[https://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ US Dept. of Veterans Affairs: National Cemetery Administration: Nationwide Gravesite Locator]   
| RW_URL_05 =[https://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ US Dept. of Veterans Affairs: National Cemetery Administration: Nationwide Gravesite Locator]   
| RW_URL_06 =[https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/doughboy-mia-database-1917-1920.html Doughboy MIA Database 1917-1920]   
| RW_URL_06 =[https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/doughboy-mia-database-1917-1920.html Doughboy MIA Database 1917-1920]   
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This collection contains the names of Army personnel who lost their lives (killed in action, died of wounds or died of disease) while serving with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. The lists include those who either enlisted in the National Guard or Regular Army or were inducted into the National Army (Selective Service). Original records are housed at The National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 407, Records of the Adjutant Generals Office [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1726747 NAID identifier 1726747.]  
This collection contains the names of Army personnel who lost their lives (killed in action, died of wounds or died of disease) while serving with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. The lists include those who either enlisted in the National Guard or Regular Army or were inducted into the National Army (Selective Service). Original records are housed at The National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 407, Records of the Adjutant Generals Office [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1726747 NAID identifier 1726747.]  


=== Graves Registration Services ===
=== Related National Archives Collections ===
*The Graves Registration Service was established in August 1917 and was responsible for maintaining a burial registration system and the acquiring of land in France for cemeteries.
* Knapp, Michael G., and Constance Potter. ''Here Rests in Honored Glory: World War I Graves Registration'' Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives 23. (Summer 1991): 190–4. (FS Library book 973 B2p.)
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/114748-location-of-graves-and-disposition-of-bodies-of-american-soldiers-who-died-overseas?offset=1 Location of Graves and Disposition of Bodies of American Soldiers Who Died Overseas]
*[https://archive.org/details/areporttosecret00deptgoog A Report of the Secretary of War on American Military Dead Overseas. May 1920]
 
''' Related National Archives Collections '''
'''Finding Aids '''
'''Finding Aids '''
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Card_Register_of_Burials_of_Deceased_American_Soldiers,_1917-1922_-_National_Archives_Catalog Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917-1922 - National Archives Catalog] Browse Images  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Card_Register_of_Burials_of_Deceased_American_Soldiers,_1917-1922_-_National_Archives_Catalog Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917-1922 - National Archives Catalog] Browse Images  
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*[[United States, National Archives World War I Casualty, Burial and Cemetery Records]] Browse Images
*[[United States, National Archives World War I Casualty, Burial and Cemetery Records]] Browse Images


''' Additional Collections'''
* '''Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General Record Group 92'''
* '''Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General Record Group 92'''
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/595318 Correspondence, Reports, Telegrams, Applications, and Other Papers Relating to Burials of Service Personnel, 1/1/1915 - 12/31/1939]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/595318 Correspondence, Reports, Telegrams, Applications, and Other Papers Relating to Burials of Service Personnel, 1/1/1915 - 12/31/1939]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12007376 Initial Burial Plats for World War I American Soldiers, 1920 - 1920] Images
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7014639 Card Registers of Confirmed Disinterments and Reburials in the Argonne American Cemetery, 1921 - 1931] RG 92
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7367939 Rough Draft Cards Relating to Reburials and Release of Bodies for Private Burials, 1920 - 1931] RG 92


*Records  
*'''Records of the American Expeditionary Forces RG 120'''
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6821517 Correspondence Reporting Deaths of American Military Personnel, 1917 - 1919]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6821517 Correspondence Reporting Deaths of American Military Personnel, 1917 - 1919]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6706695 Name Files of Men in the American Expeditionary Forces Reported as Missing in Action or Taken Prisoner, 1918 - 1918]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6706695 Name Files of Men in the American Expeditionary Forces Reported as Missing in Action or Taken Prisoner, 1918 - 1918]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6706691 Name Files of Dead and Severely Wounded Casualties of Infantry Divisions in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1918 - 1918]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6706691 Name Files of Dead and Severely Wounded Casualties of Infantry Divisions in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1918 - 1918]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6469104 Name Card Index to Casualties in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1917 - 1919]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6469104 Name Card Index to Casualties in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1917 - 1919]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6706692 Name Files of Dead and Severely Wounded Casualties of Various Organizations in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1918 - 1918]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6829690 Records of Camp Hospitals, 1917–1919. RG 20. Nos. 1-16, 18-112, 114-115, and 117-122]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6829689 Records of Base Hospitals, 1917–1919 RG 20. Nos. 1-142, 144-165, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 234, 236, and 238]
*'''Records of the Adjutant General's Office RG 407'''
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1726747 Compiled Data on Casualties of the American Expeditionary Forces by State or United States Possession, 1917 - 1919]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1726747 Compiled Data on Casualties of the American Expeditionary Forces by State or United States Possession, 1917 - 1919]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6706692 Name Files of Dead and Severely Wounded Casualties of Various Organizations in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1918 - 1918]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12007376 Initial Burial Plats for World War I American Soldiers, 1920 - 1920] Images
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7933796 General World War I Organization Records Relating to Recruiting, ca. 1910 - 1921] R.G. 407
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7933796 General World War I Organization Records Relating to Recruiting, ca. 1910 - 1921] R.G. 407
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7014639 Card Registers of Confirmed Disinterments and Reburials in the Argonne American Cemetery, 1921 - 1931] RG 92
 
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7367939 Rough Draft Cards Relating to Reburials and Release of Bodies for Private Burials, 1920 - 1931] RG 92
===  Graves Registration Services ===
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6829689 Records of Base Hospitals, 1917–1919 RG 20. Nos. 1-142, 144-165, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 234, 236, and 238]
*The Graves Registration Service was established in August 1917 and was responsible for maintaining a burial registration system and the acquiring of land in France for cemeteries.
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6829690 Records of Camp Hospitals, 1917–1919. RG 20. Nos. 1-16, 18-112, 114-115, and 117-122]
* Knapp, Michael G., and Constance Potter. ''Here Rests in Honored Glory: World War I Graves Registration'' Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives 23. (Summer 1991): 190–4. (FS Library book 973 B2p.)
'''Digital Books'''
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/114748-location-of-graves-and-disposition-of-bodies-of-american-soldiers-who-died-overseas?offset=1 Location of Graves and Disposition of Bodies of American Soldiers Who Died Overseas]
*[https://archive.org/details/areporttosecret00deptgoog A Report of the Secretary of War on American Military Dead Overseas. May 1920]


{{HR Tip|This collection contains searchable content in the NARA Catalog.  They can be accessed by clicking on the National Archives identifier in the Record Description.  Once inside the Catalog, click on the "Search Within This Series".}}
{{HR Tip|This collection contains searchable content in the NARA Catalog.  They can be accessed by clicking on the National Archives identifier in the Record Description.  Once inside the Catalog, click on the "Search Within This Series".}}
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=== Inventory ===
For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see [[United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919 - Inventory]]


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== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
The casualty sheets are arranged as follows::
The casualty sheets are arranged as follows::
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=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1908469 Chris Dickon, ''The foreign burial of American war dead : a history'' Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Co., c2011 FS Library 973 M2dch]
*Chris Dickon, ''The foreign burial of American war dead : a history'' Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Co., c2011 {{FSC|1908469|item|disp=FS Library 973 M2dch}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/430887 Elizabeth Nishiura, editor ; Margaret Mary Missar, editorial associate, ''American battle monuments : a guide to military cemeteries and monuments maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission'' Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, c1989 FS Library 973 V3am]
*Elizabeth Nishiura, editor ; Margaret Mary Missar, editorial associate, ''American battle monuments : a guide to military cemeteries and monuments maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission'' Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, c1989 {{FSC|430887|item|disp=FS Library 973 V3am}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1119118 Certificates of death completed by civil authorities outside the state of Kentucky for World War I soldiers from the state of Kentucky, ca. 1917-1920]
*{{FSC|1119118|item|disp=Certificates of death completed by civil authorities outside the state of Kentucky for World War I soldiers from the state of Kentucky, ca. 1917-1920}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1181817 Michigan, Army, Navy & Marine dead files, 1917-1919.]
*{{FSC|1181817|item|disp=Michigan, Army, Navy & Marine dead files, 1917-1919.}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/967316 Commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army who entered service from the state of Ohio and California and died while members of the American Expeditionary Forces]
*{{FSC|967316|item|disp=Commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army who entered service from the state of Ohio and California and died while members of the American Expeditionary Forces}}


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=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
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=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2577246  Willis Rowland Skillman. ''The A.E.F : who they were, what they did, how they did it.'' Philadelphia : G.W. Jacobs, ©1920]
*Willis Rowland Skillman. ''The A.E.F : who they were, what they did, how they did it.'' Philadelphia : G.W. Jacobs, ©1920}} {{FSDL|488903}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2170860 Army War College (U.S.). Historical Section. ''Order of battle of the United States land forces in the World War : American expeditionary forces. Divisions'' Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931]
*Army War College (U.S.). Historical Section. ''Order of battle of the United States land forces in the World War : American expeditionary forces. Divisions'' Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931 {{FSDL|244497}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/289103 ''Pilgrimage for the mothers and widows of soldiers, sailors and marines of the American forces : now interred in the cemeteries of Europe as provided by the Act of Congress of March 2, 1929.'' Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1930]
*''Pilgrimage for the mothers and widows of soldiers, sailors and marines of the American forces : now interred in the cemeteries of Europe as provided by the Act of Congress of March 2, 1929.'' Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1930 {{FSDL|266656}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/287902 ''Officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy who lost their lives during the World War from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918'']
*''Officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy who lost their lives during the World War from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918'' {{FSDL|415373}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/275021 ''Names of officers and enlisted men from California who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces of the United States during the World War.'' Sacramento, California : California State Print. Office, 1921.]
*''Names of officers and enlisted men from California who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces of the United States during the World War.'' Sacramento, California : California State Print. Office, 1921. {{FSDL|207830}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/118142-kansas-casualties-in-the-world-war-1917-1919?offset=1 Kansas Casualties in the World War]
*''Kansas Casualties in the World War'' (Topeka,1921) {{FSDL|118142}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3658635 Kansas casualties in the World War, 1917-1919. Supplement no. 1]
*Kansas casualties in the World War, 1917-1919. Supplement no. 1 {{FSDL|773956}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/596455 William A. Raupp. ''Report of the Adjutant General of Missouri, January 10, 1921-December 31, 1924.'' Includes Missouri roster of World War I casualties for the Regular Army, Navy, Marines, National Guard and Regular Army nurses; lists of veterans for the Regular Army and National Army.] See pp 97 - (Images 100-175)
*William A. Raupp. ''Report of the Adjutant General of Missouri, January 10, 1921-December 31, 1924.'' Includes Missouri roster of World War I casualties for the Regular Army, Navy, Marines, National Guard and Regular Army nurses; lists of veterans for the Regular Army and National Army. {{FSDL|256855}} See pp 97 - (Images 100-175)
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2649837 compiled by Brigadier General J. Leslie Kincaid, the Adjutant General of the state ''Roll of honor : citizens of the state of New York who died while in the service of the United States during the World War'' Albany, New York : J.B. Lyon Co., 1922]
*Brigadier General J. Leslie Kincaid, comp. the Adjutant General of the state ''Roll of honor : citizens of the state of New York who died while in the service of the United States during the World War'' Albany, New York : J.B. Lyon Co., 1922 {{FSDL|457363}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/476106-oregon-s-honor-roll-names-of-officers-and-enlisted-men-from-oregon-who-lost-their-lives-while-serving-in-the-armed-forces-during-the-world-war?offset=1 Oregon's Honor Roll]
*''Oregon's Honor Roll'' Salem, Oregon: State Printing Department, 1922 {{FSDL|476106}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/434580-the-world-war-honor-roll-of-those-south-carolinians-who-entering-the-services-from-their-state-died-while-serving-in-the-armed-forces-of-the-united-states?offset=1 South Carolina Honor Roll]
*''South Carolina Honor Roll {{FSDL|434580}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/185735 John G. Gregory, ''Wisconsin's gold star list : soldiers, sailors, marines, and nurses from the Badger State who died in the federal service during the World War'' Madison, Wisconsin : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1925]
*John G. Gregory, ''Wisconsin's gold star list : soldiers, sailors, marines, and nurses from the Badger State who died in the federal service during the World War'' Madison, Wisconsin : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1925 {{FSDL|554431}}




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Next are the casualties arranged by Killed in Action; Died of Disease; Died of Wounds; Died of Accident; and Wounded in Action.
Next are the casualties arranged by Killed in Action; Died of Disease; Died of Wounds; Died of Accident; and Wounded in Action.
For each soldier the volumes give name, rank and  residence.     
For each soldier the volumes give name, rank and  residence.     
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/530776-soldiers-of-the-great-war-v-01?offset=1 Soldiers of the Great War Volume 1 Alabama-Maryland]
*Soldiers of the Great War Volume 1 Alabama-Maryland {{FSDL|530776}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/517588-soldiers-of-the-great-war-vol-2?offset=1 Soldiers of the Great War Volume 2 Massachusetts-Ohio]
*Soldiers of the Great War Volume 2 Massachusetts-Ohio {{FSDL|517588}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/405928-soldiers-of-the-great-war-v-03?offset=1 Soldiers of the Great War Volume 3 Oklahoma-Wyoming]
*Soldiers of the Great War Volume 3 Oklahoma-Wyoming{{FSDL|405928}}


'''State Sources - Internet Archive'''
'''State Sources - Internet Archive'''
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