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<[[Portal:United States Military Records|United States Military Records]] | ===== <[[Portal:United States Military Records|United States Military Records]] ===== | ||
*Soldiers and veterans were often buried in private, public, church, national, and military post cemeteries. Others were buried on the battlefield or in prison or hospital cemeteries. The first national military cemeteries were created in 1862 during the <span id="__firefox-findbar-search-id">Civil War</span>. | |||
==== National Cemetery System ==== | |||
*The National Cemetery System has a card index that identifies nearly all soldiers who were buried in national cemeteries and other cemeteries under federal jurisdiction from 1861 to the present. The address is: | *The National Cemetery System has a card index that identifies nearly all soldiers who were buried in national cemeteries and other cemeteries under federal jurisdiction from 1861 to the present. The address is: | ||
[http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/cems/listcem.asp '''National Cemetery System''']<br>Department of Veteran Affairs<br>810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.<br>Washington, D.C. 20422<br>Internet: [http://www.cem.va.gov/ www.cem.va.gov] | [http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/cems/listcem.asp '''National Cemetery System''']<br>Department of Veteran Affairs<br>810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.<br>Washington, D.C. 20422<br>Internet: [http://www.cem.va.gov/ www.cem.va.gov] | ||
This web site has administration news; national veterans cemetery addresses; information about burial, headstones, state veterans cemetery grant programs, and links to other sites for locating veterans; and military records. | |||
==== Other Source for Veteran Burials<br> ==== | |||
*To find microfilm numbers of cemetery records in the Family History Library Catalog, look in the Place Search under: | *To find microfilm numbers of cemetery records in the Family History Library Catalog, look in the Place Search under: | ||
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Holt, Dean W. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=572792&disp=American+military+cemeteries%20%20&columns=*,0,0 American Military Cemeteries: A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide to the Hallowed Grounds of the United States, including Cemeteries Overseas]''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Incorporated, 1992. (FHL book 973 V3ho.) | Holt, Dean W. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=572792&disp=American+military+cemeteries%20%20&columns=*,0,0 American Military Cemeteries: A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide to the Hallowed Grounds of the United States, including Cemeteries Overseas]''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Incorporated, 1992. (FHL book 973 V3ho.) | ||
==== States with Veteran Grave Registration ==== | |||
Some states and counties have grave registration records that identify the graves of soldiers buried in local cemeteries. You can usually find these by contacting the state archives or state library or historical society. The Family History Library has statewide veteran grave registrations for the following states: | Some states and counties have grave registration records that identify the graves of soldiers buried in local cemeteries. You can usually find these by contacting the state archives or state library or historical society. The Family History Library has statewide veteran grave registrations for the following states: | ||
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*South Dakota | *South Dakota | ||
*Utah | *Utah | ||
==== American Battle Monuments ==== | |||
The American Battle Monuments Commission was created in 1923 to maintain memorials in the U.S. and foreign countries where American forces have served. They have the names of 124,913 World War I and II war dead and the names of 94,093 soldiers listed as missing in action or buried at sea from the World Wars, Korean War, and Vietnam War. For information you can contact: | The American Battle Monuments Commission was created in 1923 to maintain memorials in the U.S. and foreign countries where American forces have served. They have the names of 124,913 World War I and II war dead and the names of 94,093 soldiers listed as missing in action or buried at sea from the World Wars, Korean War, and Vietnam War. For information you can contact: | ||