Nevada, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains military discharge records for Nye County in the state of Nevada ranging approximately from 1919 to 1953.

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The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Nye County Army and Navy discharge papers, v. 1, 1919-1953

FamilySearch Historical Records

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

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