- Casualties of
the War - a
list
from the library of
Burnet County men who died as a result of the war. This list
will have
links to newspaper articles as I find them. The first name
linked to a
newspaper notice is Vaughan
Plevan,
Master Sergeant, who was killed
in
action in Dec. 1944.
- Death Notices
- transcribed from Newspaper Sources.
- Casualties List
from
National Archives - a
photocopy of list
of Army casualties for the County, with serial numbers, rank,
and
designation of death.
- Local News of
the
War - information about
soldiers from
Burnet County who went to war; also civilian participation in
the war
effort. This is an ongoing project--collecting information
from
microfilmed newspapers.
- Participants
- Information from "The Fighting Men of
Texas", (5 Volumes, History of the 2nd World War), 1948,
Historical
Publishing Co. and other sources.
- Statistics
of
the War -
information about numbers of dead and
missing in Central Texas Counties, compared to the total
number who
served the US
- World
War
II Veterans buried in or near Burnet County.
This list includes men who died or were
killed as a result of the war and were eventually buried in
Burnet, as
well as veterans who returned home and died many years after
the war.
- Oral
Histories
of Burnet County WWII Veterans; interview
transcript,
photographs, and documents pertaining to the veteran's service
history.
Ongoing project by the Burnet County Genealogical Society
and
Burnet County Library System.
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Other Links to help your World War II
research
- American
Battle Monuments Commission --
The ABMC is responsible for
commemorating the services of
the American Armed Forces where they have served since April
6, 1917
through the establishment of suitable memorial shrines;
designing,
constructing, operating and maintaining permanent American
military
burial grounds in foreign countries. Web site includes
detailed
descriptions of overseas cemeteries and links to searchable
databases
of war dead.
- World
War II Honor
Roll -- From
the
American Battlefield Monuments Commission. Contains a
searchable
database of the 172,218 names of those American service
personnel
buried at ABMC cemeteries, those Missing in Action and those
buried or
lost at sea.
- National
Archives World War II Casualty Database
--
- Purple
Heart
Recipients -- A
database of recipients of the Purple Heart
- The
American
World War II Orphans Network
-- an
organization of sons, daughters, nieces, nephew, and
grandchildren of
those who gave their lives in service to their country in
WWII. There
are many knowledgeable people within the network, and they
help each
other locate information about fathers who were KIA.
- World
War II Memorial -- Online
Registry for World War
II Veterans is available on National WWII Memorial Web Site
- 16 million Americans served in uniform
during
the Second World War
- The American Battle Monuments
Commission (ABMC)
has introduced a World War II Registry online to document
the names of
all who participated in the world's largest and most
devastating war.
- The Registry is accessible on the web
site of
the National
World
War II Memorial
(http://www.WWIImemorial.com). Any American who served in
the armed
forces or contributed to the war effort on the home front,
whether in
factories and shipyards or farms and neighborhoods, is
eligible.
- There is no charge to place a name in
the
Registry.
- Individuals can be enrolled through the
web
site or by calling the memorial's toll free number at
1-800-639-4WW2.
- The Registry contains more than one
million
records, most submitted by the public.
- The database also includes National
Archives
and Records Administration lists of those killed in
service during the
war, and names of those buried in ABMC overseas cemeteries
or listed on
its Tablets of the Missing.
- The memorial is under construction and
on
schedule for the official dedication ceremony set for
Saturday, May
29th, 2004. The Registry will be accessible at the
memorial site on the
National Mall when the memorial is opened to the public.
- Pearl
Harbor
Casualty List--This is a
comprehensive list of the names of all civilians and
military personnel
killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941. Source:
United
States Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
USS Arizona
Memorial. (Honolulu, HI 96818)
- World
War
II Stories --Do
you
have biographies of veterans that you would like to share?
Want to
find an old buddy? Register at the Lost and Found Window.
Photos are
welcome here if you don't want to make your own page. Post a
memorial
to a loved one in the Veterans' Garden. Post your story on
RootsWeb's
new World War II Message Board.
You may also submit
stories, pictures,
clippings, and any other data about Burnet County WWII
soldiers to
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