Military records that tell the American story.

Throughout history, millions of courageous men and women have served and protected our country in times of conflict. Were your ancestors among them? It’s never been easier to find out on Ancestry, with millions of military records spanning the centuries, from before the Revolutionary War all the way up to Vietnam.

It’s never been easier to find your ancestors who served and protected our country, with millions of military records spanning the centuries, from before the Revolutionary War, all the way up to Vietnam.

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Don’t worry if you don’t have all the answers. Even a guess can help you start finding clues in millions of draft cards, enlistment records, muster rolls and other historical military records.

U.S. Military Heritage

Since the beginning of the American Revolution, more than 43 million men and women have served in the U.S. military during wartime. In this some 230 years of military heritage, more than 650,000 American lives have been lost and more than 1.4 million service members wounded in battle. We remember and honor all that these heroes have sacrificed for America’s freedom.

Ancestry U.S. Military Collection

Discover the heroes in your family tree in the Ancestry.com U.S. Military Collection – including millions of U.S. military records, covering almost 400 years of American wars and conflicts. With more than 100 million names and 700 titles and databases of military records from all 50 U.S. states, there are countless opportunities to learn the stories of courage and sacrifice in your family tree.

Search through enlightening historical documents from every major U.S. war from the American Revolution through Vietnam, including draft registration cards, veterans’ gravesites, soldier pension indexes, enlistment records, muster rolls and much more.

NARA provides many of the military records on Ancestry.
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Featured Collections

WWII U.S. Navy Muster Rolls, 1938–1949
This collection of more than 33 million records gives facts about WWII enlisted personnel, like occupational specialty and service number.

U.S. Navy Cruise Books Index, 1918–2009
Similar to yearbooks for naval ships, these records include photographs, officer biographies and more.

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Search almost 6 million draft cards of men who registered for the fourth WWII draft in 1942.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918
Draft registration cards for more than 24 million men who registered for the WWI draft in 1917 and 1918.

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938–1946
Collection of more than 8 million names of U.S. Army enlistees during WWII.

U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861–1865
This collection contains an index to more than 2 million compiled service records for soldiers who served with units in the Confederate army during the Civil War.

U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861–1865
This collection contains an index to more than 2 million compiled service records for soldiers who served with units in the Union army during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861–1865
Collection of military service records, containing more than 6 million names of servicemen — Union and Confederate — who fought in the U.S. Civil War.

U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798–1914
Registers of enlistments in the U.S. Regular Army compiled from a variety of other records, including enlistment papers, muster rolls and unit records.

U.S. Marine Corp Muster Rolls, 1798–1958
An index of U.S. Marine Corps muster rolls containing name, rank, enlistment date, muster date and station.