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Question 1: How to I find out about my relatives military career?
Answer 1: This is the information that you need to have about your relative in order to obtain more information about his or her military career:
See: Military Record Requests (SF180) at the NARA, National Archives and Records Administration. Also see their FAQs and Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records (Research Room, National Archives and Records Administration).
See: Obtaining Military Records & Medals at the National Cemetery Administration.
Also see: The Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Veterans' Affairs Offices. The Veterans' Affairs Department in your state may be able to assist you, as well. The Veterans' Affairs Department should be in the phonebook under Government agencies.
Also see these web sites:
Question 2: How can I obtain replacement military awards and medals?
Answer 2: See Military Awards and Decorations at NARA, National Archives and Records Administration. Also see their FAQs.
See: Obtaining Military Records & Medals at the National Cemetery Administration.
Also see: The Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Veterans' Affairs Offices. The Veterans' Affairs Department in your state may be able to assist you, as well. The Veterans' Affairs Department should be in the phonebook under Government agencies.
Also see: Missing Medals.com - The registry site for missing military medals
Question 3: How can I get a copy of my relatives military medical records?
Answer 3: See Veterans, Next-of-Kin, or the Veteran's Representative at NARA, National Archives and Records Administration. Also see their FAQs. The Veterans' Affairs Department in your state may be able to assist you, as well. The Veterans' Affairs Department should be in the phonebook under Government agencies.
Question 4: How can I get a military headstone or grave marker for my
relative?
Answer 4: See Burial & Memorial Benefits at the National Cemetery Administration. The Veterans' Affairs Department in your state may be able to assist you, as well. The Veterans' Affairs Department should be in the phonebook under Government agencies.
Question 5: How get I arrange to have a military funeral honor for my
relative?
Answer 5: See Military Funeral Honors at the National Cemetery Administration.
Also see: The Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Veterans' Affairs Offices. The Veterans' Affairs Department in your state may be able to assist you, as well. The Veterans' Affairs Department should be in the phonebook under Government agencies.
Also see the Military Funeral Honors Homepage.
Question 6: How can I get a Burial Flag for my relative?
Answer 6: See Burial Flag at the National Cemetery Administration. The Veterans' Affairs Department in your state may be able to assist you, as well. The Veterans' Affairs Department should be in the phonebook under Government agencies.
Question 7: How can I obtain a Presidential Memorial Certificates for
my relative's military service?
Answer 7: See Presidential Memorial Certificates at the National Cemetery Administration. The Veterans' Affairs Department in your state may be able to assist you, as well. The Veterans' Affairs Department should be in the phonebook under Government agencies.
Question 8: How can I find a relative's (who served in the
military) naturalization record?
Answer: See: Naturalization of Members of the US Armed Forces During World War I
Question 9: How can I find out more about my relative's military
unit?
Answer: Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I, WWI, The Great War
Question 10: How can I preserve my relatives military history?
Answer: Before having estate sales for recently deceased relatives, make sure you gather all old photos, photo albums, military records, diaries, uniforms, souvenirs from military service, etc. Families are so spread out across the country and can't make a trip to handle estate sells personally, so they need to hire someone to assure that their family histories are not sold for pocket change. Many of their precious family items (that they were not aware of in the first place) slip away at these sales. Before selling family items (like, grandfather military uniform with metals) check with your siblings and aunts and uncles.
Also see: World
War I FAQ's 
These are general
questions about WWI.
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Web pages for getting some general information (especially dates)
about a soldier/person:
WWI
Draft Registrations - Civilian Draft Registration Database
American
Battle Monuments Commission, ABMC - War Dead
Mexican War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Awards,
Decorations, Campaign & Service Medals
Cemetery
Records Online - Cemeteries and Genealogy
Find
a Grave
Missing
Medals whose goal is "to assist those attempting to return or
find missing military awards. All services and information on this site
are absolutely free."
Web pages useful for identifying WWI soldiers' units:
Data
on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I
WWI
Shoulder Patches / Sleeve Insignia
WWI
Uniforms, Insignia, (Distinguishing Marks), Rank, etc.
WWI
United States Military Insignia and Badges
The
United States Army Insignia Home Page - See The
US Army in the First World War - includes Insignia of Rank,
Insignia of Branch, Shoulder-Sleeve Insignia, Specialty Badges, Cap
Badges, Insignia Placement. This is an excellent resource: US
Army Corps & Larger - First World War; US
Army Divisions - First World War; Placement
of Insignia on the Army Service Uniform First World War Era
WWI
Shoulder Patches / Sleeve Insignia for more information on Army,
Corps, and Divisions histories. (at this web site)
World
War One Unit Histories, Division
Unit Chart, and Training
Camps at Digital
Bookshelf
American
Combat Formations - Insignia and brief descriptions of Higher
Formations (1st, 2nd, 3rd Armies), Army Corps (I - IX) Regular Army
Divisions, National Guard Divisions, National Army Divisions, and Tank
Corps. Source: "The Romance of Military Insignia" in The
National Geographic Magazine. (December 1919) by Colonel Robert E. Wyllie.
Maps
related to World War I - including Military Map of the US and Canada
Genealogy Links:
Ancestry.com
-
Step 11 Military Records
1-30-2003
Family
Tree Maker
FamilySearch - LDS
- get free genealogy software, Personal Ancestry File (PAF 5.1 ), by going
to their main Family
Search page and click on "Order/Download Products" link,
then click on "Software Downloads - Free."
RootsWeb
- Be sure to Search
the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). Click on the "Advance
search" button for more search options. Also check out: RootsWeb's
guide to tracing family trees - United States Military Records
US
County Resurces at RootsWeb - If you know the city and state, you
can find the county (or parish) name.
USGenWeb
Archives "Building a Virtual Courthouse"
USIGS
(United States Internet Genealogical Society) Military Collection
Vital
Records Informatin for United States (birth, death or marriage
certificate)
WorldConnect
at RootsWeb.com
McCLENDONs
at RootsWeb.com
Where to buy rare military related books and publications:
Abebooks.com
Alibris
Booksellers
Amazon's
BiblioFind
BookFinder.com
Online Auctions can be a source of information and collectibles:
Amazon.com
- Auctions
eBAY
Books:Antiquarian, Rare:War, Military
Books:Nonfiction:Military
Collectibles:Militaria:WW I (1914-18):United States
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