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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.] | ||
=== Related National Archives Collections === | |||
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*[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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*[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/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 | ||
=== 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. | |||
* 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] | |||
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