Military Persons
This table contains 600,000 records of U.S. military personnel.
The Table includes senior officers, down to regimental commanders and Navy officers who commanded ships in major battles, and also includes many famous lower ranking people, and over 3,000 of the Medal of Honor winners. But it also contains hundereds of thousands of the rank and file people who have fought, and particularly many who have died, in the nation's battles. Some biographical information is included for some.
The table makes no pretense of ever being complete in any respect. It is intended to be only somewhat representative. For the 20th Century wars, the major portion of the people included are those who gave their lives in battle. For the Civil War, names were obtained largely from unit rosters in the National Park Service web site, so many who survived are also included. People at The Alamo, Custer's Last Stand, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, and Doolittles's Raid are here.
The table contains some duplications, especially for Civil War soldiers. Most of the latter are taken from the National Park Service list. This is a treasured resource, thanks largely to the volunteer efforts of thousands of people, but one of its characteristics is that it in many cases contains several spellings for the same person, (sometimes as many as 8 or 9 spellings that I've found of the same person's name). In the cases that I have noticed, I have included all of them and cross-referenced those that I thought were probably the same person. I know I have missed many different spellings that were actually the same person, and have probably cross-referenced quite a few that weren't the same person.
This table is called MILPERS. For download purposes, the table is divided into three files, alphabetically by last name.
PART ONE. (Updated May 31 2010) The first part of the MILPERS table contains names of persons whose last name begins with letters A through F. Included are Eisenhower, Farragut, Bradley, Doolittle, Custer, both Arnolds ("Hap" and Benedict) and thousands of American heroes. THIS FILE IS IN MICROSOFT ACCESS FORMAT. The file, named milpers-1.zip, is 5.89 MB, and expands when decompressed into two files, containing 189,182 records and totaling about 32.44 megabytes. To download this file, Click Here.
PART TWO. (Updated April 17 2010) The second part of the MILPERS table contains the names of persons whose last name begins with the letters G though O. Included are Grant, both Jacksons, Lee, Nimitz, Marshall, MacArthur, and thousands of American heroes. THIS FILE IS IN MICROSOFT ACCESS FORMAT. The file, named milpers-2.zip, is 6.69 MB, and expands when decompressed into two files, containing 217,471 records, and totaling about 36.79 megabytes. To download this file,Click Here.
PART THREE (Updated July 12 2010) The third part of the MILPERS table contains the names of persons whose last name begins with the letters P through Z. Included are Washington, Pershing, Ridgeway, Pershing, Patton, Puller, Stilwell, Sherman, Spruance, and thousands of American heroes. THIS FILE IS IN MICROSOFT ACCESS FORMAT. This file, named milpers-3.zip, is 6.02 mb, and expands when decompresssed into two files, containing 193.371 records, and totaling about 33 MB. To download this file, Click Here.
I have also included a brief comment about heroes and medals, for those who are interested. That comment is at A word about heroes
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