Draft Registration Forms

Participants in World War I - a list of names from Burnet County who participated in WWI. From newspaper and contributions fromresearchers.

World War I Veterans Buried in Burnet County - a list of all known WWI veterans who are buried in the county, along with birth anddeath dates and cemetery, when known. Compiled from various sources.

News articles about the War -...an on-going compilation of news articles about the county relating to WWI

• Names Drawn in the Draft - Marble Falls Messenger, 26 July 1917 
• Transcript of names drawn - transcribed in the order printed in newspaper
• Alphabetized list of first names drawn in the draft
• Memorial Service, Marble Falls Messenger 31 May 1923
• A Synopsis of World War I, from the official website of the U.S. Department of Defense, Nov. 2005
  

US Army Deaths Reported on 14 November 1918

• On 14 November 1918 the commander of the American expeditionary forces announced 1,067 casualties.

  The US Army deaths are listed here along with rank and cause of death for each soldier.

Links to other WWI Sites

~ The Doughboy Center - a very comprehensive site, with links to biographies, memoirs, photos.

~ The Great War Society - (1914-1918) Studies all aspects of WWI and its effects on the 20th century: people, events, battles, technologies,traditions. Links to 400 other WWI Web sites.

~ The LDS Research Guide - This is the very comprehensive research site put together by the Latter-DaySaints Church. First find "United States", then "U.S. Military Records Research Outline". The result is a 70-page outline whenprinted out; a wonderful guide on researching military records.

WWI Bibliography

~ Soldiers of the Great War. W.M. Houlsee, et.al., comps., 3 vols., Washington, DC: Soldiers Publishing Association, 1920. This is a listing ofsoldiers who died, arranged by state and gives the soldier's name, residence, rank, and cause of death. Many individual photographs areincluded, along with a chronology of the war.

~ Pilgrimage for the Mothers and Widows of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the American Forces Now Interred in the Cemeteries of Europe. Washington, DC: Government Printing Co., 1930. This book lists thewidow's or mother's name, relationship, name of deceased, rank,organization, and cemetery; arranged by state and county.

~ Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Navy Who Lost Their Lives during the World War, from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1920. This book lists thesailor's name, rank, date and place of death, cause of death, and name of next of kin.