Alaska Military Records

U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records provides more links for nationwide military record collections.

Online Resources

 * 1898-1934 at FamilySearch; index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch; index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1948-1949 at FamilySearch; index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records provides more links for nationwide military record collections.
 * The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Alaska
 * Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Alaska

The United States Military Records Wiki article provides more information on federal military records and search strategies.

Military records are found at the FamilySearch Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives.

U.S. servicemen have been in Alaska since 1867, when Alaska was placed under the jurisdiction of the War Department. Most of these soldiers were from the lower 48 states. The FamilySearch Library has enlistment registers for the regular army, 1798 to 1914 Also found on line in FamilySearch Historical Records ;  The registers provide the soldier's name, rank, unit, commanders, physical description, occupation, and birthplace. The records are arranged by year and by the first letter of the surname.

Forts
A historical sketch of forts in Alaska is in Bruce Grant, American Forts Yesterday and Today (New York, NY: E. P. Dutton Co., 1965; )


 * Fort Richardson
 * Fort St. Michael-- Also known as Fort Archangel Michael, Fort Archangel Gabriel, Fort New Archangel, or Novo Archangelesk and finally the fort was renamed Post of Sitka (Fort Sitka). Textual records of this fort, 1867-1877, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920, under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7).
 * Fort Selkirk

Spanish-American War (1898)
The Spanish-American War was largely fought in Cuba and the Philippines. Spanish-American War records might exist in the state from which the soldier served or in a state where the veteran later resided.

Indexes


 * (NARA T288) at FamilySearch; Index covers veterans of the Civil War, Spanish‑American War, Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Rebellion (1900 to 1901), and the regular Army, Navy, and Marine forces. (Learn more.)

Click on the link to learn more about the Spanish American War.
 * at FamilySearch; images How to use this collection.
 * at FamilySearch; index — How to Use this Collection

World War I (1917-1918)
World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. Over four million men and women served from the United States.


 * 1917-1918 at FamilySearch; index and images — How to Use this Collection


 * 1917-1940 at FamilySearch; index — How to Use this Collection


 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch; index — How to Use this Collection


 * United States. Selective Service System. Alaska, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987-1988. These cards have been digitized and are searchable online at.


 * at FamilySearch; index and images — How to Use this Collection

See WWI Draft Records for more information.


 * Alaska and WWI: A Centennial Exhibit Alaska State Archives
 * Alaska World War I Veterans Data - Alaska State Archives - See Collection Guides
 * Alaska, World War I soldiers' discharge records, 1917-1919 at FamilySearch; index and images

World War II (1941-1945)

 * World War II in Alaska
 * Kodiak Alaska Military History Museum World War II Units
 * copied and typed by the Tahlequah Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. National Cemetery records, Sitka, Alaska FamilySearch Catalog
 * Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. The Williwaw War : The Arkansas National Guard in the Aleutians in World War II. Fayetteville, Arkansas : University of Arkansas Press, 1992, c1992. FS Library 976.7 M2g

Draft Registrations
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch; index and images — How to Use this Collection

 Fourth Registration On April 27, 1942, the Selective Service conducted the fourth of six draft registrations related to WWII. The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the “Old Man’s Registration” or the “Old Man’s Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. Since there is overlap in the WWI and WWII Selective Service registration, men born in the years 1877 to 1900 may have registered twice and have both WWII and WWI draft records.


 * 1942 United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 at FamilySearch; and  — How to Use this Collection; also available at Ancestry ($); Fold3 ($)

Relocation Records
 * 1942-1945 at FamilySearch; index — How to Use this Collection

Other Records

For sailors from Alaska who died in World War II, see Volume 2 of Combat Connected Naval Casualties, World War II, by States, Two Volumes. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1946;

A national cemetery with about 500 graves is located at Sitka (see Alaska Cemeteries).

World War II United States Military Records provides additional information.

Korean War (1950–1953)
The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (and its communist allies) and South Korea (with support of the United Nations, primarily the United States). See the Korean War wiki article for information on records and their availability.

Vietnam War (1964–1972)
The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). See the Vietnam War wiki article for information on records and their availability.

Websites

 * Alaska Military Records
 * The Civil War Pension Index Cards Collection, has a few pension cards for servicemen, from Alaska, who served in the military during the early 1900s.