World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918

United States U.S. Military  World War I The United States entered World War I in April 1917. Over 4.7 million men and women served in the regular U.S. forces, national guard units, and draft units. There were 53,402 killed in action, 63,114 deaths from disease and other causes, and about 205,000 wounded. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio furnished the most soldiers.

American Expeditionary Forces

 * American Expeditionary Forces
 * American Expeditionary Forces. 5.26.1917-8.31.1920 Administrative History Note
 * American Expeditionary Forces Order of Battle
 * Records of the American Expeditionary Forces (World War I) Record Group 120)
 * Records of the American Expeditionary Forces (World War I) NAID 449
 * Order of Battle U.S. Land Forces in the World War Divisions
 * United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919 3 volumes
 * Final Report of Gen. John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief American Expeditionary Forces.
 * Tank Corps American Expeditionary Force
 * Summary of Casualties American Expeditionary Forces
 * British Military Records Relating to World War I, 1918-1924 includes AEF units serving alongside British units in northern France.
 * The A.E.F. Who They Were, What They Did, How They Did It

Embarkation Service

 * Embarkation Service Administrative History Note
 * U.S.S. Great Northern WW I Troop Transport Ship
 * U.S.S. Harrisburg WW I Troop Transport Ship
 * U.S.S. Mount Vernon WW I Troop Transport Ship


 * Selected list of National Archives Collections
 * Lists of Incoming Passengers, 1917-1938, RG 92, NAID 6234465
 * Lists of Outgoing Passengers,1917-1938, RG 92, NAID 6234477
 * Card Registers of vessels Requisitioned or Belonging to the War Department,1918-1920, RG 92, NAID 7192903
 * Card Register of Chartered Vessels, 1917-1918, RG 92, NAID 7130549
 * Reports of Debarkations by Ports in Baltimore and Philadelphia, 1917-1921, RG 92, NAID 7284911
 * Reports of Embarkations from the United States, 1917-1919, RG 92, NAID 7284794
 * Lists of Vessels Leaving the United States to Transport Troops to Europe, 1917-1918, RG 92, NAID 7267965
 * Card Registers of Vessels Leaving the United States to Transport Troops Overseas, 1917-1919, RG 92, NAID 7268077

Related

 * Leonard Ayres. The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary. Washington,D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1919
 * The American Field Service Archives of World War I,1914-1917
 * Army World War I Flight Training
 * Lt. COl. W. G. Kilner and Capt. A. J. McElroy. The Cantonment Manuel: or Facts for Every Soldier. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1917

Timeline

 * A Guide to the American Battle Fields in Europe
 * American Armies and Battlefields in Europe. A history Guide and Reference Book

FamilySearch World War I Collections

 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
 * United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918
 * California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918
 * Florida, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
 * Louisiana, World War I Service Records, 1917-1920
 * Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919
 * North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
 * Texas World War I Records,1917-1920

Related Digital Books

 * Soldiers of the Great War 3 volumes
 * Location of graves and disposition of bodies of American soldiers who died overseas
 * Officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy who lost their lives during the World War from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War: American Expeditionary Forces. Divisions
 * United States Army in the World War
 * The U.S. Air Service in World War I
 * History of the American Legion

Archives and Libraries
National WW I Museum and Memorial U.S. Army Heritage and Education center National Archives at St. Louis Library of Congress National Archives
 * The National WWI Museum and Memorial Kansas City, MO.
 * U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
 * Finding Your World War I Veteran at The National Archives at St. Louis
 * World War I Records at the National Archives at St. Louis
 * Veterans Administration Claim Files and World War I Burial Files
 * Library of Congress Guide to World War I Materials
 * Researching Individuals in WW I Records
 * National Archives Military Resources World War I
 * World War I Articles in Prologue Magazine
 * NARA Military Service in the United States Army During World War I
 * NARA WWI Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages Pt 1
 * NARA WWI Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages Pt 2

Societies

 * Order of the First World War
 * World War One Historical Association
 * Western Front Association

Cemeteries
 American Battle Monuments Commission   World War I Cemeteries
 * American Battle Monuments Commission
 * Aisne-Marine American Cemetery
 * Brookwood American Cemetery
 * Flanders Field American Cemetery
 * Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery
 * Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
 * Oise-Aisne American Cemetery
 * Somme American Cemetery
 * St. Mihiel American Cemetery
 * Suresnes American Cemetery

World War I Monuments
 * Audenarde American Monument
 * Belleau Wood
 * Bellicourt American Monument
 * Cantigny American Monument
 * Chateau-Thierry Monument
 * Chaumont Marker-AEF Headquarters
 * Kemmel American Monument
 * Montfaucon American Monument
 * Montsec American Monument
 * Naval Monument at Brest
 * Naval Monument at Gibralter
 * Sommepy American Monument
 * Souilly Marker-1st Army Headquarters
 * Tours American Monument


 * Nationwide Gravesite Locator National Cemetery Administration
 * Location of Graves and Disposition of Bodies of American Soldiers Who Died Overseas
 * The Silent Cities: an illustrated guide to the war cemeteries and memorials to the 'missing' in France and Flanders; 1914-1918. FamilySearch Catalog

Related Websites

 * HistoryGuide.org. Contains photographs, cemeteries & obituaries, land records, wills, and newspapers; along with a Soldier's Memorial searchable database.
 * Navy Uniforms in WWI
 * BYU WWI Document Archive. This archive is international in focus
 * Online World War One Indexes and Records
 * Alvin York,"Sergeant York"
 * " Sergeant York" Draft Registration
 * Eddie Rickenbacker

National Archives World War I Dead, American Expeditionary Forces. 1917-1919
'''Compiled Data on Casualties of the American Expeditionary Forces by State of United States Possession, 1917-1919 NAID 1726747]


 * Alabama
 * Arizona
 * Arkansas
 * California
 * Colorado
 * Connecticut
 * Delaware
 * District of Columbia
 * Florida
 * Georgia
 * Idaho
 * Illinois
 * Indiana
 * Iowa
 * Kansas
 * Kentucky
 * Louisiana Casualties
 * Maine
 * Maryland
 * Massachusetts
 * Michigan
 * Minnesota
 * Mississippi
 * Missouri
 * Montana
 * Nebraska
 * Nevada
 * New Hampshire
 * New Jersey
 * New Mexico
 * New York
 * North Carolina
 * North Dakota
 * Ohio
 * Oklahoma
 * Oregon
 * Pennsylvania
 * Rhode Island
 * South Carolina
 * South Dakota
 * Tennessee
 * Texas
 * Utah
 * Vermont
 * Virginia
 * Washington
 * Wisconsin
 * Wyoming
 * US Possessions


 * Soldiers of the Great War 3 volumes

Naval

 * Officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy who lost their lives during the World War from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918
 * Deaths in the united States Navy from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918. Washington,D.C.: U.S. Gov't Printing Office, 1920

United States World War One Centennial

 * United States World War One Centennial Commission
 * Family Ties Documenting stories of service and family relationships of those who served in World War
 * Stories of Service
 * Documenting the Doughboys
 * Doughboy MIA Database 1917-1920
 * National Archives World War I Centennial
 * Library of Congress Echoes of the Great War American Experiences of World War I
 * Library of Congress Guide to World War I Materials
 * Smithsonian World War I Centennial
 * Smithsonian My Fellow Soldiers: Letters From World War I: National Postal Museum

 State Committees or Commissions
 * State Centennial Websites Map
 * Pennsylvania
 * Indiana
 * New York
 * Utah

Infantry Division Unit Histories

 * 3rd Division
 * 4th Division
 * 5th Division
 * 5th Division
 * 26th Division
 * 28th Division
 * 29th Division
 * 32nd Division
 * 35th Division
 * 37th Division
 * 77th Division
 * 78th Division
 * 82nd Division
 * 88th Division
 * 90th Division
 * 91st Division


 * United States World War I Infantry Divisions
 * American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart

Regimental Histories

 * 12th Infantry
 * 16th Infantry
 * 71st Infantry
 * 112th Infantry
 * 137th Infantry
 * 139th Infantry
 * 305th Infantry
 * 313th Infantry
 * 325th Infantry
 * 346th Infantry
 * 353rd Infantry
 * 355th Infantry
 * 361st Infantry
 * 364th Infantry

World War I Service Questionnaires

 * Tennessee State Library Online Index
 * Utah State Archives
 * Virginia State Library

Gold Star Mothers

 * Tennessee State Library Online Index
 * NARA Article WW I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages Pt 1
 * NARA Article WW I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages Pt II

State World War I Records
The Family History Library has some indexes and records from county courthouses, state archives, and state offices of the adjutant general. For example, the library has the following:


 * Missouri State Archives and FamilySearch. Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941. Digital images of general enlistment contracts from counties in Missouri.

Similar collections are described in the military sections for the various states under STATE NAME - MILITARY RECORDS.

Awards

 * Navy WWI Victory Medal
 * Information on the issuance or replacement of military service medals, decorations and awards.
 * Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-1973 FamilySearch Digital Book
 * Medal of Honor, 1861-1949: the Navy, 1861-1949 FamilySearch Digital Book

Women

 * Women and War
 * Women in World War One
 * Women and the US Navy, WWI Era
 * Female Yeoman

Sources for Further Reading

 * Controvich, James T. United States Army Unit Histories:  A Reference and Bibliography. Manhattan,  Kansas: Kansas State University, n.d.
 * Davis, Henry Blaine, Jr. Generals in Khaki. Raleigh, N.C.: Pentland Press, 1998. (Family History Library book 973 D3dav.) Contains biographical sketches of the generals in the United States army during World War I.
 * Enser, A.G.S. A Subject Bibliography of the First World War: Books in English, 1914-1978. London: A. Deutsch, 1979.
 * Gutierrez, Edward A. Doughboys on the Great War. How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military Experiences. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2014.
 * Hart, Albert B. America at War: A Handbook of Patriotic Education References. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1918.
 * Knapp, Michael G. “World War I Service Records.” Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives 22. (Fall 1990): 300–2. (Family History Library book 973 B2p.)
 * 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.)
 * Leland, Waldo G. and Mereness, Newton D. Introduction to the American Official Sources for the Economic and Social History of the World War. London: Oxford University Press, 1926.
 * McKinley, Albert E. Collected Material for the Study of the War.  Philadelphia: McKinley Publishing, 1918.
 * McMahon, M. M. Researching Your U.S. WWI Army Ancestors. Crownsville: CreateSpace, 2017.
 * New York Public Library. Subject Catalog of the World War I Collection.  Boston: G.K. Hall, 1961.
 * Schaefer, Christina K. The Great War. A Guide to The Service Records of All The World’s Fighting Men and Volunteers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1998. (Family History Library 940.41 Sch13g.) The United States is covered on pages 123 to 156.
 * Yockelson, Mitchell. “They Answered the Call: Military Service in the United States Army during World War I, 1917–1919.” Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration 30. (Fall 1998): 228–34. (Family History Library book 973 B2p.)