Iowa, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains military discharge records for counties in the state of Iowa ranging approximately from 1862 to 1976. More records may be added as they become available. Counties represented in the records are: • 6

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

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 * Approximate date of the event

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

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Iowa, World War II draft registration cards for young men, 1940-1947
 * Iowa, World War II 4th draft registration cards, 1942
 * Iowa, World War II draft registration cards for young men, 1940-1947

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949
 * Iowa, Records of Persons Subject to Military Duty, 1862-1910
 * United States, World War I Draft Registration Crads, 1917-1918.
 * United States. Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
 * United States, Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * World War II honor list of dead and missing : [state of Iowa]

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