New Mexico, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains military discharge records for various counties in the state of New Mexico ranging approximately from 1891 to 1959. Counties represented in the records are: More records may be added as they become available.
 * Eddy, 1919(1 certificate)
 * Sandoval, 1922-1937;1945-53*
 * Santa Fe, 1945-1951
 * Socorro, 1943-1969*
 * Taos, 1919-1959
 * Valencia, 1944-1947*

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in New Mexico.
 * New Mexico Guided Research
 * New Mexico Record Finder
 * New Mexico Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step New Mexico Research, 1880-Present
 * New Mexico Genealogy

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Sandoval County. Military discharge records, 1922-1937, 1945-1953
 * Santa Fe County. Military discharge records, 1945-1951
 * Socorro County. Honorable discharge records, 1943-1969; index
 * Taos County. Discharge records, 1919-1959
 * Valencia County. Honorable discharge records, 1944-1947

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * New Mexico, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945
 * United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Lansing B. Bloom, ed. New Mexico in the great war. Santa Fé, New Mexico : El Palacio Press, 1927

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