 The Oregon State
Archives has early military records of residents
from the Indian Wars and the Oregon National
Guard. Write for their leaflet "Records of
the Oregon Military Department, 18471968."
The archives also has the records of the Roseburg
State Soldier's Home. For Civil War information,
see M. A. Parker and Edna Mingus's Soldiers Who
Served in the Oregon Volunteers Civil War Period
Infantry and Cavalry (Portland: Genealogical
Forum of Oregon, 1961), which provides the name
of the soldier, rank, date of service, place of
enlistment, place of birth, age, occupation, and
company.
A published list of war deaths reported to the
Oregon Department of the Grand Army of the
Republic has been compiled in Jane Myers' Honor
Roll of Oregon Grand Army of the Republic 18811935
(Cottage Grove, Oreg.: Cottage Grove Genealogical
Society, 1980). The Official Records of the
Oregon Volunteers in the Spanish War and
Philippine Insurrection by C.U. Gantenbein
(Salem, Oreg.: J. R. Whitney, State Printers,
1903) is also a roster of soldiers, providing
age, place of birth, occupation, physical
description, and time of service.
World War I records on file at the Oregon State
Archives include an index to all World War I
veterans who served from Oregon, World War I
files from the state historian of the Defense
Council, records of state bonuses, and loan
applications of veterans. World War I files
include some biographical questionnaires and are
useful in genealogical research. The archive also
has a casualty index to the Korean Police Action,
1950 to 1954, and an index to the Oregon State
Reserve in World War II, 1940 to 1945. For
further information, consult:
Neagles, James C. U.S. Military Records: A Guide
to Federal and State Sources. Salt Lake City:
Ancestry, 1994.
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