Military Service – A Sacrifice and Commitment
Over 60 more boxes of microfilm records of military discharges have been discovered! The volunteer staff of the LSCGG has resumed the indexing of these military service records that are available on microfilm at the LSCGG office. As of October 2024, the service records are for the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam Conflict. That project currently stands at over 10,000 records that include (in some cases): (1) name of soldier; (2) rank of soldier; (3) current and/or last unit; (4) date and place of discharge; (5) date and place of entry into service; (6) age and place of birth; (7) physical description of the soldier; (8) occupation of soldier when he entered service; (9) battles in which the soldier was engaged; and (10) military awards earned.
Please note that many records were located on different rolls of microfilm, and there are duplicate copies of records for the same individual; however, the scans of the duplicates usually have a slightly different appearance. PDF copies of any particular military record can be requested by emailing the LSCGG the name of the soldier-of-interest.
In addition, the LSCGG archives have photos of some of the La Salle County military veterans who served in various branches. An alphabetized list can be downloaded and viewed. As with discharge records, website visitors may request a copy of any photo of interest. If your county relative is not in the current list of photos, but you have such a photo that you woulld be willing to share, you can email a jpeg or pdf copy of the relative and that photo would be added to the relevant LSCGG archive record-set. VIEW CURRENT INDEX OF AVAILABLE PHOTOS.
VIEW DISCHARGE RECORD INDEX OF MILITARY VETERANS
After downloading the index,
a search can be easily and quickly made
by using the keyboard strokes of crtl-f
American Civil War – VIEW SAMPLE
Spanish-American War - VIEW SAMPLE
World War One – VIEW SAMPLE
World War Two – VIEW SAMPLE
Vietnam Conflict - VIEW SAMPLE
