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| RW_URL_07 =[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6943087 Card register of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917-1922. NARA NAID 6943087]   
| RW_URL_07 =[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6943087 Card register of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917-1922. NARA NAID 6943087]   
| RW_URL_08 =[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6928160 Burial Reports, 3.11.1919-5.24.1920. NARA NAID 6928160]  
| RW_URL_08 =[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6928160 Burial Reports, 3.11.1919-5.24.1920. NARA NAID 6928160]  
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| RW_URL_09 =[http://www.archives.alabama.gov/goldstar/search.cfm Alabama Department of Archives and History. World War I Gold Star Database]
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| RW_URL_10 =[https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/WWICards.aspx New Jersey State Archives. World War I Deaths]
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| RW_URL_11 =[https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/doughboy-mia-home.html Doughboy MIA - World War I Centennial Commission]
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== What is in This Collection?  ==
== What is in This Collection?  ==
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 ===
*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://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]
* 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. (Family History Library book 973 B2p.)


''' Related National Archives Collections '''
''' Related National Archives Collections '''
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1858291 United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1858291 United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3346936 United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3346936 United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939]
=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
*[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]
*[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]
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*[https://archive.org/details/revisedlistofdec00west West Virginia]
*[https://archive.org/details/revisedlistofdec00west West Virginia]


=== Related Websites ===
*[http://www.archives.alabama.gov/goldstar/search.cfm Alabama Department of Archives and History. World War I Gold Star Database]
*[https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/WWICards.aspx New Jersey State Archives. World War I Deaths]
*[https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/doughboy-mia-home.html Doughboy MIA - World War I Centennial Commission]
===  Graves Registration Services ===
*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://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]
* 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. (Family History Library book 973 B2p.)
== Citing This Collection ==
== Citing This Collection ==
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