United States World War I Prisoner of War Records

United States U.S. Military  WWI  Prisoner of War Records

National Archives
Records of the American Expeditionary Forces, Record Group 120
 * Minutes of Meetings and Bulletins of the Prisoner of War Subcommittee, 1918-1919. NAID 685278
 * Correspondence Relating to American Prisoners of War in Germany, 1918-1919. NAID 6706696

Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Navy) Record Group 125
 * Records of War Prisoners, 1917-1918 NAID 2365612

 Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library Record Group 45
 * List of U.S. Prisoners of War Taken During World War I, ca. 1919 NAID 1726812

 Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Record Group 165 
 * Pay of Prisoners of War, 1917-1918 NAID 4482400

Published Sources

 * Herbert C Fooks. Prisoners of War. Federalsburg, Maryland: The J.W. Stowell Printing Co., 1924. Appendix IX: Names of Americans Captured During the World War, pp. 407 -

There is no complete list of prisoners of war (POWs). However there are several partial lists. The following site lists POWs. Click on POW, then a state. Gives name, rank, and name and address of next of kin.

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To find other lists, do a Google search for US POWS WWII [country where a prisoner]. Also try by spelling out US, POWs, and WWII.