Beginning United States World War I Research

Related Websites

 * Documenting Doughboys
 * WW I Genealogical Research Resources
 * Constance Potter. Getting Started with WWI Genealogical Research
 * Researching Individuals in WW I Records NARA

 Number of Soldiers Serving by Age from April 1, 1917 - December 31, 1919 

Source:The Medical Department of the United State Army in the World War V. 15, Pt. 2 Statistics Washington, DC: GPO, 1925. Table 6, Strength by Age... ;Estimated from ages furnsihed by 3,673, 133 applicants for War Risk Insurance.

Reference

 * Patricia A. Case. "Don't Let Your Twentieth Century Veterans Fade Away" The Genealogical Helper (Jan-Feb., 1987): 15-18
 * Edward A Gutierrez.. Doughboys on the Great War. How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military Experiences. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2014.
 * Michael E. Hanlon. Researching Your World War I Relative ?: Guidelines, Tips and FAQs. Stanford, California: The Great War Society, 2003. FHL 973 M2h.
 * M.M. McMahon. Researching Your U.S. WWI Army Ancestors. Crownsville:CreateSpace, 2017.
 * Richard Rubin. The Last of the Doughboys. The Forgotten Generation and their Forgotten World War. Boston:Mariner Books, 2013.