WWII Enlistment File
New at NARA - World War II Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File - 9
million records
The NARA website says:
"This series has records on about nine million men and women who enlisted
during World War II in the United States Army, including Army Reserves and
the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. NARA scanned War Department microfilmed
punch cards on enlistments to support the reconstruction of the military
personnel records at its National Personnel Record Center. Because of the
microfilm's poor condition, approximately 1.5 million records could not be
scanned. Also, the file has no records for Army officers, members of other
services or enlistments for other time periods. In general, each record
has the serial number of a soldier, person's name, state and county of
residence, place of enlistment, date of enlistment, grade, branch, term of
enlistment, place of birth, year of birth, race, education, civilian
occupation, marital status, and component. These records present unique
searching challenges."
WWII Army Serial Number Records can be found here:
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/title_list.jsp
Pull down the Subject search menu to "World War 1939-1945," select, and
click submit.
Thanks to Joe Beine for sending notice of this database to the APG list.
A simple search for Colquhoun gets 11 matches, Calhoun 1,477, Cahoon 160,
Calhoon 84. A sample record for Alexander Colquhoun:
Column Title Value Meaning Notes
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 35551050
NAME COLQUHOUN#ALEXANDER#####
RESIDENCE: STATE #3 Undefined Code
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 095 Undefined Code
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 5316 CP PERRY LACARNE OHIO
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 23
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 03
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 43
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION NO# No branch assignment
BRANCH: CODE 02 No branch assignment
FIELD USE AS DESIRED #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other
emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or
otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY K9 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA or CANADA or LABRADOR or NEWFOUNDLAND
YEAR OF BIRTH 50
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 4 4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 726 Undefined Code
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7 Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER #
BOX NUMBER 0957
FILM REEL NUMBER 5.19#
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