ERC: Genealogy and Family History: Records
WORLD WAR II ARMY ENLISTMENT RECORDS
You can search the Army enlistment records
for World War II. This database includes information on approximately
nine million men and women who enlisted/reenlisted into the U.S. Army
and Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Please note that all of the Army
enlistees are listed here. This is because thirteen percent of these
microfilmed records, i.e. originally created on IBM punch cards, then
put onto microfilm (the punch cards were subsequently destroyed), could
not be electronically scanned (also thirty-five percent of these records
have errors in them).
These enlistment records generally contain the following information
about the enlistee:
Army Serial Number
Name
State and Country of Residence
Place of Enlistment
Date of Enlistment (year)
Grade
Army Branch
Term of Enlistment
Nativity (Place of Birth)
Year of Birth
Race
Education
Civilian Occupation
Marital Status
Component
Box and Reel Number of the Microfilm
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Search the
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946
(Enlistment Records);
also the
Frequently Asked Questions about these records.
Visit the National Archives website at
www.nara.gov, and its
AAD (Access to Archival
Databases).
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