Research

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of an abstract of military service for New York residents (men and women) who enlisted or who were inducted into the armed forces of the United States from 1917 through 1919. The record consists of a 4 x 6" card (or a 5 x 8" card for Navy personnel) for each individual.

The record for each individual provides the following data: name; serial/service number; designation as "white" or "colored"; residence; place and date of enlistment/induction; place of birth; organizations served in, with dates of assignments and transfers; dates of overseas service; wounds or other injuries received in action; date of separation/discharge (and place of separation for Navy personnel); and percent of disability at discharge.

For those who died while in service, date and cause of death, name and address of person notified of death, and relationship to the deceased are provided. Abstracts of service by women are included in subseries 2 (nurses) and, infrequently, in subseries 4 (naval service).