Colorado, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection contains military discharge records from Logan, Saguache and Yuma counties in the state of Colorado. More records may be added as they become available.

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Logan County Certificates of honorable discharge, 1943-1972
 * Saguache County Certificates of honorable discharge, 1919-1966
 * Yuma County Certificates of honorable discharge, 1919-1930
 * Colorado genealogist Denver, Colorado : Colorado Genealogical Society. Computer Interest Group, 1939- FHL 978.8 B2cg

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945
 * United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Harold H. Richardson, Brigadier General, Adj. General's Department, Colorado national guard. Roster of men and women who served in the world war from Colorado 1917-1918.Denver? Colorado : Colorado Office of the Adjutant General, 1941.
 * Frank Joseph Byrnes, The fighting men of Colorado : Asiatic-Pacific theater in World War II Denver, Colorado : Historical Publishing Company, c1948

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