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Aurora County Military Records

Beadle County Military Records

Bennett County Military Records

Bon Homme County Military Records

Brookings County Military Records

Brown County Military Records

Brule County Military Records

Buffalo County Military Records

Butte County Military Records

Campbell County Military Records

Charles Mix County Military Records

Clark County Military Records

Clay County Military Records

Codington County Military Records

Corson County Military Records

Custer County Military Records

Davison County Military Records

Day County Military Records

Deuel County Military Records

Dewey County Military Records

Douglas County Military Records

Edmunds County Military Records

Fall River County Military Records

Faulk County Military Records

Grant County Military Records

Gregory County Military Records

Haakon County Military Records

Hand County Military Records

Hanson County Military Records

Harding County Military Records

Hughes County Military Records

Hutchinson County Military Records

Hyde County Military Records

Jackson County Military Records

Jerauld County Military Records

Jones County Military Records

Kingsbury County Military Records

Lake County Military Records

Lawrence County Military Records

Lincoln County Military Records

Lyman County Military Records

Marshall County Military Records

McCook County Military Records

McPherson County Military Records

Meade County Military Records

Mellette County Military Records

Miner County Military Records

Minnehaha County Military Records

Moody County Military Records

Oglala Lakota County Military Records

Pennington County Military Records

Perkins County Military Records

Potter County Military Records

Roberts County Military Records

Sanborn County Military Records

Spink County Military Records

Stanley County Military Records

Sully County Military Records

Todd County Military Records

Tripp County Military Records

Turner County Military Records

Union County Military Records

Walworth County Military Records

Yankton County Military Records

Ziebach County Military Records


Statewide Military Records

1890 Veterans Schedules Ancestry online

A Dictionary of All Officers Who have been Commissioned, in the Army of the United States Ancestry online

American Civil War General Officers Ancestry online

American Civil War Regiments Ancestry online

American Civil War Soldiers Ancestry online

American Soldiers of World War I Ancestry online

Civil War "Widows' Pensions", 1861-1910 Fold3 online

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Ancestry online

Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry online

Civil War Service Records, Union, Dakota Territory Fold3 online

Civil War Veterans Census, 1885 South Dakota State Historical Society online

Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index 1860-1900 Fold3 online

Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index 1860-1934 Fold3 online

Dakota Territory Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 Family Search online

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, 1941-1975 Fold3 online

Disapproved Pension Applications of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Survivors' Originals"), 1861-1910 Fold3 online

Disapproved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Widows' Originals"), 1861-1910 Fold3 online

Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations 1914-1920 MyHeritage online

Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864 Fold3 online

Final statements of deceased soldiers of the U.S. Infantry, 1862-1899 Fold3 online

Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 Fold3 online

Index to Rendezvous Reports (Navy), Armed Guard Personnel, 1917-1920 Fold3 online

Index to Rendezvous Reports (Navy), Before and After the Civil War, 1846-1861, 1865-1884 Fold3 online

Index to Rendezvous Reports, Naval Auxiliary Service, 1917-1918 Fold3 online

Korean Casualty, National Military Personnel Records Archives.com online

Korean Conflict Casualty Records Archives.com online

Korean War Casualties Fold3 online

Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 Ancestry online

Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 MyHeritage online

Korean War Data File of American Prisoners of War Archives.com online

Korean War Prisoners of War, 1950-1954 Ancestry online

List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900 Fold3 online

List of Pensioners On the Roll, January 1, 1883, Vols. 1-5 Ancestry online

Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-2013 Fold3 online

Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War Archives.com online

Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army (1860s) Ancestry online

Military Yearbooks, 1900-2000 Fold3 online

Military records, 1944-1945 (United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency) FamilySearch Library

Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-1947 Fold3 online

Nationwide Gravesite Locator (burial locations of veterans) National Cemetery Administration online

Naval Enlistment Weekly Returns 1855-1891 Fold3 online

Naval Pensioners of the United States 1800-1851 Ancestry online

Naval Records of Officers from 1775-1910 Fold3 online

Navy Casualty Reports, 1776-1941 Fold3 online

Navy Courts Martial Records, 1799-1867 Fold3 online

Navy Survivors' Certificates, 1861-1910 Fold3 online

Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910 Fold3 online

Navy and Marine Corps Officer Registers Fold3 online

Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900 Ancestry online

Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army, 1861-1865, Parts 1-8 Ancestry online

Pensioners on the roll as of January 1, 1883 (living in Dakota Territory) FamilySearch Library

Records of Naval Officers, 1798-1893 Fold3 online

Records of Naval Officers, 1829-1924 Fold3 online

Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914 Fold3 online

Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812 - 1934 Ancestry online

Returns from Regular Army Coast Artillery Corps Companies, 1901-1916 Fold3 online

Returns from Regular Army Regiments, 1821-1916 Ancestry online

South Dakota in the World War, 1917-1919 (Hanson, Joseph Mills, b. 1876) FamilySearch Library

South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1941 Family Search online

South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1940-1941 Family Search online

Southeast Asia Combat Area Casualties Archives.com online

Spanish American War Service Records Fold3 online

U.S. Army Casualties 1961-1981 MyHeritage online

U.S. Army Casualty Records Archives.com online

U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981 Ancestry online

U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 Ancestry online

U.S. Casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts, Oct 2001 - Mar 2009 Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, The Unpublished Roll of Honor (soldier burial records) Ancestry online

U.S. Index to General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904 Ancestry online

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls Ancestry online

U.S. Military Burial Registers, 1768-1921 Ancestry online

U.S. Military Records, 1925: Official National Guard Register Ancestry online

U.S. Military and Naval Academies, Cadet Records and Applications, 1805-1908 Ancestry online

U.S. National Homes For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Ancestry online

U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I Ancestry online

U.S. Navy Cruise Books, 1918-2009 Fold3 online

U.S. Navy Cruise Books, 1950-2009 Ancestry online

U.S. Navy Muster Rolls, 1949-1963 Ancestry online

U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910 Ancestry online

U.S. Navy Support Books, 1901-1902, 1917-2010 Ancestry online

U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916 Ancestry online

U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 Ancestry online

U.S. Veterans Burial Sites, 1775-2013 MyHeritage online

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, Ca.1775-2006 Ancestry online

U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 Fold3 online

U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954 Ancestry online

U.S. World War I Burial Cards Fold3 online

U.S. World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930 Ancestry online

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment MyHeritage online

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Ancestry online

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Ancestry online

U.S. World War II Military Personnel Missing in Action Or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946 Ancestry online

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 Fold3 online

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Fold3 online

U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976 Ancestry online

U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 Ancestry online

U.S., Buffalo Soldiers, Returns From Regular Army Cavalry Regiments, 1866-1916 Ancestry online

U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960 Ancestry online

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Ancestry online

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Ancestry online

U.S., Civil War and Later Wars Index to Remarried Widow Pension Applications, 1860-1934 Ancestry online

U.S., Confederate Army Casualty Lists and Reports, 1861-1865 Ancestry online

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 Ancestry online

U.S., Final Accountability Rosters of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1942-1946 Ancestry online

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Ancestry online

U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 Ancestry online

U.S., Index to General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904 Ancestry online

U.S., Jewish Welfare Board, War Correspondence, 1917-1954 Ancestry online

U.S., Marine Corps Casualty Indexes, 1940-1958 Ancestry online

U.S., Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 Ancestry online

U.S., Naval Hospital Tickets and Case Papers, 1825-1889 Ancestry online

U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941 Ancestry online

U.S., Navy and Marine Corps Registries, 1814-1992 Ancestry online

U.S., Navy and Marines Awards and Decorations, 1942-1994 Ancestry online

U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Ancestry online

U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 Ancestry online

U.S., Residents Serving in the British Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919 Ancestry online

U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916 Ancestry online

U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 Ancestry online

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry online

U.S., Spanish American War Volunteers, 1898 Ancestry online

U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 Ancestry online

U.S., Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866 Ancestry online

U.S., Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866 Ancestry online

U.S., Union Provost Marshals' Papers, 1861-1867 Ancestry online

U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 Ancestry online

U.S., World War I Soldier Naturalizations, 1918 Ancestry online

U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948 Ancestry online

US Army Military Registers, 1798-1969 Fold3 online

US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists Fold3 online

US Navy Support Books Fold3 online

US Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards 1907-1933 Fold3 online

US World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 MyHeritage online

US, African American Civil War Sailor Index, 1861-1865 Ancestry online

US, Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 Ancestry online

United States Army Morning Reports 1912-1939 Fold3 online

United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981 Family Search online

United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998 Family Search online

United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 Family Search online

United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934 Family Search online

United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Family Search online

United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949 Family Search online

United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 Family Search online

United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 Family Search online

United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 Family Search online

United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898 Family Search online

United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957 Family Search online

United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953 Family Search online

United States Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954 Family Search online

United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003 Family Search online

United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937 Family Search online

United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Family Search online

United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 Family Search online

United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 MyHeritage online

United States Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910 Family Search online

United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 Family Search online

United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Family Search online

United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 Family Search online

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Family Search online

United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Family Search online

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Family Search online

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Family Search online

United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945 Family Search online

United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations, 1768-1921 Family Search online

United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939 Family Search online

United States, Indexes to Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1858, 1899-1901 Family Search online

United States, Spanish-American War, Soldiers who Served in Volunteer Organizations MyHeritage online

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 Family Search online

United States, War of 1812, Soldiers who Served in Volunteer Organizations MyHeritage online

United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919 Family Search online

United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945 Family Search online

Veterans Burial Records Archives.com online

Vietnam Casualties, 1956-1998 MyHeritage online

Vietnam Service Awards 1965-1975 Fold3 online

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fold3 online

Vietnam War, Awards and Decorations of Honor, 1965-1972 Ancestry online

Vietnam War, Casualties Returned Alive, 1962-1979 Ancestry online

War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel, 1941-1946 Fold3 online

War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files Fold3 online

World War I Draft Registration Cards Archives.com online

World War I Draft Registration Cards Fold3 online

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Ancestry online

World War II Army Enlistment Records Archives.com online

World War II Army Enlistment Records Fold3 online

World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948 Fold3 online

World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1943 (for men born between 1898 and 1925) Fold3 online

World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942 (for men born between 1877 and 1897) Fold3 online

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel, 1946 Fold3 online

World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 Fold3 online

World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 Ancestry online

World War II Prisoners of War Archives.com online

World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 Ancestry online

World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Records Archives.com online

World War II Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945 Ancestry online

World War II U.S. Navy Muster Rolls, 1939-1949 Ancestry online

World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945 Ancestry online

World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas Ancestry online


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