This is a list of California Military Records online and may include service records for those who served in a military force, bounty land offered to those who served, pension records or veteran benefits, and more.
This is a preliminary listing.
From California military records you may learn a person’s
- Name
- Birth date
- Birth place
- Age, gender, and race
- Physical description of person
- Marital status
- Names of dependants
- Address
- Parents’ names and birth places
- Name of nearest relative
- Draft registration place
- Dates of military service
- Conflict or war
- Soldier’s serial number, rank, assigned organization
- Date of casualty/category of casualty
- Date of death
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California Military Records online at the federal and state level
US – Military Records – United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, index & images, at FS
San Mateo County – California, San Mateo County Records, 1851-1991, index & images (marriage, naturalization, land, military, patents), at FS
California – Military Records – California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866, at FS
California – Military Records – The king’s log : Third Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment Primary Pilot School, King City, California, at FS
California – Military Records – U.S. Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Ord, California, at FS
California – Military Records – By-laws and roster of Theodore Roosevelt Camp No. 9 and Auxiliary No. 5, at FS
California – Military Records – History, Department of California, 1908-1938, Auxiliary, United Spanish war veterans, at FS
California – Military Records – History, Department of California, 1938-1954, Auxiliary, United Spanish War Veterans, at FS
California – Military Records – The register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the state of California, at FS
California – Military Records – California military records in the State Archives, 1858-1923, at FS
California – Military Records – Early California and Nogales, Arizona lists of expeditionary members, soldiers and residents, 1752, 1775, 1781-1837 : material emphasizes Santa Barbara, Calif., at FS
California – Military Records – Genealogical records of Sherman Lee Pompey, at FS
California – Military Records – Hojas de Servicios Militares de América : Nueva España, 1786-1800, at FS
California – Military Records – Honorable remembrance : the San Diego master list of the Mormon Battalion, at FS
California – Military Records – Military records, at FS
California – Military Records – Names of officers and enlisted men from California who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces of the United States during the World War, at FS
California – Military Records – The New York volunteers in California, at FS
California – Military Records – Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867, at FS
California – Military Records – Records of Californians who served in World War I, at FS
California – Military Records – Records of the 10th Military Department, 1846-1851, at FS
California – Military Records – Roster of retired army officers residing in the Sixth U. S. Army area, at FS
California – Military Records – Those who serve : Kern County 1917-1941, at FS
California – Military Records – Index cards to overseas military petitions of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1943-45, 1954, 1955-56 : NARA RG21 publication M1606, at FS
California – Military Records – Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during Indian wars and disturbances, 1815-1858, at FS
California – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index & images, at FS
California – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, index links to images, at FS
California – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index & images, at FS
California – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Year book of the society Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, at FS
California – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Year book of the society Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, at FS
US – Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 – United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index & images, at FS
US – Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 – United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images, at FS
California – Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 – Compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the Mexican War in Mormon organizations, at FS
California – Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 – Military petition record of naturalizations (San Francisco, California), 1918 : NARA, RG, at FS
California – Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 – U.S. Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Ord, California, at FS
California – US Civil War – United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index links to images, at FS
US – US Civil War – United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, index, at FS
US – US Civil War – United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934, index links to images, at FS
US – US Civil War – United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images, at FS
California – US Civil War – Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867, at FS
California – Military Records – Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of California, at FS
California – Military Records – 6th Infantry Division Company M, 63rd Infantry Regiment, Fort Ord, California, at FS
California – Military Records – 6th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California, at FS
California – Military Records – 6th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California : civilians, soldiers, at FS
California – Military Records – Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867, at FS
California – Military Records – Records of California men in the war of the rebellion 1861 to 1867, at FS
California – Military Records – Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867, at FS
California – Military Records – Records of California men in the war of the rebellion 1861 to 1867, at FS
US – Indian Wars – United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images, at FS
California – Spanish-American War – By-laws and roster of Theodore Roosevelt Camp No. 9 and Auxiliary No. 5, at FS
California – Spanish-American War – Illustrated roster of California volunteer soldiers in the war with Spain : enlisted under the President’s proclamations of April 23rd and May 25th, 1898, at FS
US – World War I – United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images, at FS
US – World War I – United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index links to images, at FS
California – World War I – California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918, index & images, at FS
California – World War I – California, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919, at FS
California – World War I – California, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918, at FS
California – World War I – Commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army who entered service from the state of Ohio and California and died while members of the American Expeditionary Forces, at FS
California – World War I – War history of Santa Clara County, at FS
US – World War II – United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945, indexv
US – World War II – United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index, at FS
US – World War II – United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images, at FS
California – World War II – Nevada, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, index & images, at FS
California – World War II – California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, index & images, at FS
US – World War II – United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946, index, at FS
US – World War II – United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images, at FS
California – World War II – California Selective Service System registration cards [World War II] : fourth registration, at FS
California – World War II – California, World War II draft registration cards, 1940-1947, at FS
California – World War II – Those who serve : Kern County 1917-1941, at FS
US – World War II – United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1945-1946, at FS
California – World War II – World War II honor list of dead and missing, state of California, at FS
US – Korean War, 1950-1953 – United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953, index, at FS
US – Vietnam War – United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003, index, at FS
US – Veterans – United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images, at FS
California Military Records online by County
Alameda County – Military Records – California, Alameda County, War Dead, 1919-1995, at FS
Alpine County – Military Records – Military Rolls (1874, 1881, 1883), Widows’ Pensions, Mexican War, 1893, at FS
Butte County – Military Records – Military Rolls, 1886, 1895-1919, at FS
Butte County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1918-1926, at FS
Butte County – Taxation – Military Rolls, 1886, 1895-1919, at FS
Calaveras County – Military Records – Military Rolls, 1887-1892, Calaveras County, California, at FS
Colusa County – Military Records – List of All Persons Subject to Military Duty in Colusa County, California, at FS
Humboldt County – Military Records – History of Humboldt County, California : with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, Etc., from Original Drawings, Including Biographical Sketches, at FS
Lake County – Taxation – Military Roll, 1907, at FS
Los Angeles County – Military Records – DD214 Military Separation Index, 1920-1960, at FS
Los Angeles County – Military Records – Veterans’ Grave Registration, Los Angeles County to 1940, at FS
Los Angeles County – Naturalization and Citizenship – Index Cards to Overseas Military Petitions of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1943-45, 1954, 1955-56 : NARA RG21 Publication M1606, at FS
Monterey County – Military History – 6th Infantry Division : Fort Ord, California, Home of the Nations Finest Troops, at FS
San Francisco County – Military History – U.S. Naval Training Station Established 1899 : Yerba Buena Island San Francisco, California, at FS
Mendocino County – Military Records – Burial of Ex Union Soldiers and Marines, 1890, at FS
Mendocino County – Military Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1862-1911; Index 1865-1922, at FS
Sacramento County – Military Records – Military Roll, 1913, at FS
San Diego County – Military Records – California, San Diego Naturalization Index : COLLECTION RECORD, 1868-1958, at FS
San Diego County – Military Records – Naturalization Records in the Superior Court of San Diego, California, 1883-1958 ; Index to Naturalized Citizens from the Superior Court of San Diego, California, 1868-1958 : NARA Publications M1609, M1612, M1613, and M1526, at FS
San Diego County – Military Records – The Civil War Veterans of San Diego, CA : Including Citations to Genealogical Research Sources in San Diego, California, at FS
San Mateo County – Military Records – California, San Mateo County Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1851-1991, at FS
San Mateo County – Military Records – California, San Mateo County, Service Discharge Records, 1856-1965, at FS
San Mateo County – Military Records – California, San Mateo County Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1851-1991, at FS
San Mateo County – Military Records – Camp Fremont Naturalization Index, 1918-1919, at FS
San Mateo County – Military Records – Camp Fremont Naturalization Index, 1918-1919, at FS
San Mateo County – Military Records – World War, 1939-1945 – California, San Mateo County, Service Discharge Records, 1856-1965, at FS
Solano County – Cemeteries – Military Burials in Dixon Cemetery : [Dixon, California], at FS
Solano County – Military History – List of Vacaville and Elmira Men Who Will Be Subject to Military Service : from the Vacaville Reporter, July 13, 1917, at FS
Sonoma County – Land and Property – Military Land Claims, Post of Sonoma, California, 1846-1847, at FS
Sonoma County – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Muster Rolls of the Russian River Rifles, 1862, at FS
Sonoma County – Military Records – Sotoyome Home Guards, Enlistment Roll and Muster Oath, 1861, Sonoma County, California, at FS
Stanislaus County – Military Records – 1895 Military Roll, Stanislaus County, California, at FS
Sutter County – Military Records – Military Roll, 1900-1919, at FS
Tehama County – Military Records – Tehama County Military Rolls, 1886-1900 and 1912-1918, at FS
Yolo County – Military Records – Military Records, Yolo County, California : 1862-1921, at FS
Yolo County – Military Records – World War, 1914-1918 – Military Service Records, WW I, at FS
Yuba County – Military Records – Military List of Yuba County : Names of Persons Subject to Military Duty Residing in the County of Yuba and As Returned by the County Assessor … Filed by the County Clerk, at FS
California Military Records online by City
Camp Kearny – Military Records – The Complete Roster of the Fortieth Division, Camp Kearny, California, November 15, 1917, at FS
Dinuba – Military History – World War, 1939-1945 – Second War Album : a Special Extra Edition of Dinuba Sentinel Published on Armistice Day, November 11, 1944, at FS
Emeryville – Military Records – California, Alameda County, Emeryville, Veterans of Foreign Wars : Post 1010 Membership Records, 1920-1989, at FS
Healdsburg – Military Records – Healdsburg Volunteers Enrollment Blanks, 1898 : Sonoma County, California, at FS
King City – Military Records – Kings’ Log, at FS
King City – Military Records – Kings’ Log : a Brief, Graphic Chronicle of Eager Youth Striving to Become Composite Pilot-officers in the Army Air Force, the Class of 44-C, at FS
Long Beach – Military History – World War, 1914-1918 – Long Beach in the World War, at FS
Los Angeles – Naturalization and Citizenship – Index Cards to Overseas Military Petitions of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1943-45, 1954, 1955-56 : NARA RG21 Publication M1606, at FS
San Diego – Military History – 1915 Army and Navy Review : Being a Review of the Activities of the Officers and Enlisted Men Stationed in San Diego During the Exposition, at FS
San Diego – Military History – Navy – Periodicals – The Anchor, at FS
San Diego – Military History – Periodicals – Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, at FS
San Diego – Military History – Periodicals – Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California : Second Battalion, Platon 2108, at FS
San Diego – Military History – Periodicals – The Anchor, at FS
San Luis Obispo – Military History – Yearbooks – Historical and Pictorial Review, 40th Infantry Division of the Army of the United States : San Luis Obispo, California 1941, at FS
Sawtelle – Military Records – Registers of Veterans at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch in Sawtelle, California, 1888-1933, at FS
Taft – Military Records – BeeTee 44-D : Army Air Forces Pilot School (Basic), Gardner Field California, Feb 1944, at FS
Taft – Military Records – Wings over America : United States Army Air Forces, at FS
Visalia – Military History – Periodicals – Prop-Wash, at FS
Willows – Military Records – Cemetery Records of Deceased Veterans of the World Wars, 1865-1991, Willows Cemetery (Willows, California), at FS
Willows – Military Records – Veteran’s Grave Register, 1890-1991, Willows Cemetery District (Willows, California), at FS
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