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[[Portal:United States Military Records|United States Military Records]]  
[[Portal:United States Military Records|United States Military Records]]  


Service records document an individual’s involvement with the military and can provide your ancestor’s unit or organization. This information makes it easier to search the pension records. Service records seldom provide information about other members of a soldier’s family.  
Service records document an individual’s involvement with the military and can be used for proving military service, or as a valuable tool in genealogical research.  


*[[Enlistment and Discharge Records|Enlistment and Discharge Records]]  
*[[Enlistment and Discharge Records|Enlistment and Discharge Records]]  
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*[[State Service Records|State Service Records]]
*[[State Service Records|State Service Records]]


[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:United_States]]

Revision as of 14:22, 24 February 2011

United States Military Records

Service records document an individual’s involvement with the military and can be used for proving military service, or as a valuable tool in genealogical research.