Hawaii Military Records



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Federal military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal archives.

To begin your search for Hawaiian military records, contact the Hawaii State Archives for the following:


 * Pre-1895. Service records of Hawaiian royal guards, militia units, and navy.
 * Civil War (1861-65).Card list of deceased veterans.
 * 1894-98. List of members of the citizens guards of the Republic of Hawaii.

Forts

 * Ahua Point Military Reservation- (unknown dates), Ahua Point
 * Aiea Heights Military Reservation - (1941 - unknown), Aiea Heights
 * Aliamanu Military Reservation- (unknown - 1948/present), near Foster Village
 * Alewa Heights Military Reservation - (1942 - unknown), Honolulu
 * Port Allen / Hanapepe Bay Defenses - (1941 - 1945), near Port Allen

Anahulu Flats Military Reservation - (1941 - unknown), Anahulu Flats


 * Fort Armstrong- (1899 - 1949/1974), Honolulu
 * Ashley Military Reservation - (1939 - unknown), Ashley Station
 * Barbers Point Military Reservation- (1921 - unknown), Barbers Point (Kalaeloa)
 * Fort Barrette- (1931 - 1948), Kapolei
 * Brodie Camp Military Reservation - (1942 - 1948), Brodie Camp Four
 * Fort DeRussy- (1904 - 1949/present), Waikiki
 * Fort Elizabeth (State Historical Park)- (1815 - 1860), Waimea
 * Ewa Marine Corps Air Station- (1942 - 1952), Ewa
 * Fort Halehui - (1809 - 1813 ?), Honolulu
 * Fort Hase - (1918 - 1948/present), Mokapu
 * Hawaii Arsenal - (1915 - unknown), Honolulu
 * Heeia Military Reservation - (1943 - unknown), near Heeia
 * Hickam Field Battery- (1935 - present), Hickam Village
 * Hilo Defenses - (1941 - 1945), near Hilo
 * Ho'oki'o Fortifications - (1778), near Lana'i City
 * 'Iolani Barracks - (1871 - 1950), Honolulu
 * Kaaawa Military Reservation- (1927 - 1940), Ka'a'awa
 * Kaena Point Military Reservation - (1923 - 1948/present), Ka'ena Point
 * Kahana Military Reservation- (1942 - unknown), near Kahana
 * Kahuku Ranch Military Reservation- (1941 - unknown), near Kahuku
 * Kahului Defenses - (1940's), Kahului and Kihei
 * Kakaako Battery - (1860's ? - 1893 ?), Honolulu
 * Fort Kamakahonu - (1819 - 1855 ?), Kailua-Kona
 * Fort Kamehameha- (1907 - 1949/present), Pearl Harbor
 * Kawaihapai Military Reservation - (1929 - unknown), near Camp Erdman
 * Kawailoa Military Reservation - (1939 - unknown), Kawailoa area
 * Kawela Military Reservation- (1941 - unknown), Kawela
 * Fort Kekuanohu - (1816 - 1857), Honolulu
 * Koko Head Military Reservation - (unknown dates), near Hawai'i Kai
 * Kokololio Military Reservation- (unknown dates), near Hauula
 * Kualoa Military Reservation - (1942 - 1952), near Kualoa Ranch
 * Kure Island - (1942 - 1946/present), Kure Island
 * Fort at Lahaina - (1832 - 1854), Lahaina
 * Laie Military Reservation - (1931 - 1941), Laie
 * Lihu'e Defenses - (1941 - 1945), Lihu'e
 * Camp Lili'uokalani- (1917), Honolulu
 * Fort Mailekini - (1810 ?), Kawaihae
 * Makapuu Head Military Reservation - (unknown dates), Makapu'u Point
 * Makua Military Reservation - (1930 - 1945/present), Makua Beach
 * Camp Malakole- (1939 - unknown), Barbers Point (Kalaeloa)
 * Camp McCarthy - (1917 - 1918), Honolulu
 * Midway Islands - (1867/1904 - 1908, 1940 - 1946/1996), Midway Islands
 * Mokuleia Military Reservation - (1941 - unknown), near Mokuleia
 * Oneula Military Reservation- (unknown dates), Oneula Beach
 * Opaeula Military Reservation - (1942 - 1948), near Opaeula Camp
 * Pakuhiwa Battleground- (unknown dates), near Kawela
 * Palailai Military Reservation- (1920's - unknown), near Kapolei
 * Paumalu Military Reservation - (1942 - unknown), Paumalu
 * Pearl City Naval Reservation- (unknown - present), Pearl City Peninsula
 * Pearl Harbor (Ford Island) Military Reservation- (1917 - 1939/present), Ford Island
 * Princeville Forts - (1816 - 1817), Princeville
 * Punchbowl Military Reservation- (1899 - 1948), Honolulu
 * Puowaina Battery - (1819 ? - 1853), Honolulu
 * Pupukea Military Reservation - (1927 - unknown), near Pupukea Camp
 * Puuiki Military Reservation - (1920's - 1944), near Puuiki
 * Quadrupod Military Reservation- (1941 - unknown), near Helemano
 * Red Hill Military Reservation- (1914 - 1940 ?/present), Red Hill
 * Round Top Military Reservation- (1928 - 1945), Honolulu
 * Russian Fort - (1815), Honolulu
 * Sand Island Military Reservation- (1916 - unknown), Honolulu
 * Fort Ruger- (1906 - 1959/present), Diamond Head
 * Sandwich Islands Post- (1834 - 1867), Honolulu
 * Fort Shafter- (1899 - present), Honolulu
 * Tern Island - (1942 - 1946), Tern Island
 * Camp Waiakea - (1898), Waiakea
 * Waialua Military Reservation - (1934 - unknown), Waialua
 * Waimea Military Reservation - (1934 - unknown), near Waimea
 * Waipahu Battery- (1942 - 1945), Waipahu
 * Waipio Naval Reservation- (unknown - present), Waipio Peninsula
 * Fort Weaver- (1899 - 1948/present), near Ewa Beach
 * Waimanalo Camp Military Reservation - (1927 - 1948/unknown), Waimanalo
 * Wiliwilinui Ridge Military Reservation - (1942 - 1951), near Aina Haina

Spanish-American War (1898)

 * The Hawaii State Archives has a card list of deceased veterans of the Spanish-American War.

World War I (1917-1918)
Contact the Hawaii State Archives for records of Hawaiians who served in World War I and a card list of deceased veterans.

World War I draft registration cards for men age 18 to 45 may list address, birth date, birthplace, race, nationality, citizenship, and next of kin. Not all registrants served in the war. For registration cards for Hawaii, see:


 * United States. Selective Service System. Hawaii, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1987-1988. (On Family History Library films beginning with .)

To find an individual's draft card, it helps to know his name and residence at the time of registration. The cards are arranged alphabetically by county, within the county by draft board, and then alphabetically by surname within each draft board.

Most counties had only one board; large cities had several. A map showing the boundaries of individual draft boards is available for most large cities. Finding an ancestor's street address in a city directory will help you in using the draft board map. There is an alphabetical list of cities that are on the map. For a copy of this map see:


 * United States. Selective Service System. List of World War One Draft Board Maps. Washington, DC: National Archives. (Family History Library film .)

Civil War Pension Index Cards - An of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. It has a few pension cards for servicemen, from Hawaii, who served in the military during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information

World War II (1941-1945)
Records of Japanese evacuees during World War II are at the National Archives. They include case files, family cards, and vital statistics.