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Military Locator Service
Online database tool for Korean War Casualties. Also has an area called Looking For, which allows inquiries for vets to be references to a page for units and reunions.
Korean War Project
Helpful Home Pages:
Rongstad's Worldwide Military Links Over 1100 links to Worldwide Military sites
Were you in the military? Are you looking for an old friend? Trying to find an enlisted person? Maybe one of these will help.
Military Shipmates
Getting Military Records
U.S. Marine Search
Military Record Search
Militarily Seeking

If the person you are looking for is serving or has served in the past, finding them may be as simple as using the appropriate military information locator service.

Locate Military Information:
Thanks to the freedom of information act you can obtain the following information about military personnel:

• Name
• Rank
• Military Schools attended
• Present and past duty assignments
• Current duty telephone number
• Gross salary
• Awards

The U.S. Military Records Research Outline (34118) provides more information on federal military records andsearch strategies.

Many of the federal military records you'll want to use are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides more information regarding the federal records. For Washington, the following sources are also very helpful:

Civil War (1861-1865)
The Family History Library has the index to service records of Union volunteers from Washington Territory (FHL film 821948) and the federal index to pension applications. The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. The library also has a copy of a special census taken in 1890 of Union veterans of the Civil War (FHL film 338267).

Indian Wars (1798-1914)
Muster rolls are available at the Washington State Archives. The National Archives and the Family History Library have the enlistment registers of soldiers who served in the regular army from 1798 to 1914 (81 FHL films beginning with 350307). Many of these soldiers served in the western states, including Washington, during the Indian Wars. The enlistment registers provide the soldier's rank, unit, commanders, physical description, occupation, and birth place. The records are arranged by year and by the first letter of the surname.

The Family History Library and the National Archives have an index to soldiers who applied for pensions as a result of service in the Indian Wars from 1817 to 1898 (FHL films 821610-21). The pension records are only available at the National Archives.

World War I (1917-1918)
World War I draft registration cards for men ages 18 to 45 may list address, birth date, birthplace, race, nationality, citizenship, and next of kin. Not all registrants served in the war. For registration cards for Washington, see:

United States. Selective Service System. Washington World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987-1988. (On FHL films beginning with 1991532.)
To find an individual's draft card, it helps to know his name and residence at the time of registration. The cards are arranged alphabetically by county, within the county by draft board, and then alphabetically by surname within each draft board.

Most counties had only one board; large cities had several. A map showing the boundaries of individual draft boards is available for most large cities. Finding an ancestor's street address in a city directory will help you in using the draft board map. There is an alphabetical list of cities that are on the map. For a copy of this map see:

United States. Selective Service System. List of World War One Draft Board Maps. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. (FHL film 1498803.)

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