Oregon In the Military

Oregon in the Civil War:

•  Oregon Civil War Genealogy
•  Civil War - 1st Oregon Volunteers
•  The Civil War Archive - Union Regimental Index
•  Oregon Trail Travelers - History Reenactment Company
•  Fort Hoskins - in Benton County
•  General Philip H. Sheridan and also Philip Sheridan
•  Civil War Websites

Oregon in the Spanish-American War:

•  Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry, Spanish American War, Janice Phillips
•  Death Roll, Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry, Spanish American War, Janice Phillips

Oregon in World War I:

• Oregon Soldiers Killed in the Navy in WWI, Janice  Phillips
• Oregon Soldiers Killed in the Army in WWI, ORGenWeb
• Kent Moody, commander of the
  National Guard (Camp Withycombe) in WWII and also in WWI, Margery Bare's website

Oregon in World War II:

• Army and Army Air Corp Causality List

  • Baker County

  • Grant

  • Harney

  • Malheur

  • Union

  • Wallowa

• Navy, Marine, and Cost Guard Causality List
• Prisoners of War, Navy, Marines and Cost Guard

Oregon in the Korean War:

•  Oregon Soldiers Killed in the Korean War - NARA - Sorted by Location
•  Oregon Soldiers Killed in the Korean War - Sorted by name, with additional birth information, Janice Phillips

Oregon in Viet Nam:

•  The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial - Oregon
•  Oregon Soldiers Killed in the Viet Nam Conflict - NARA

Miscellaneous:

•  POW/MIA - Portland Soldiers - Patti Woodard's site
•  Oregon Trail Travelers - History Reenactment Company
•  The Blackwell Family in the Bannack-Paiute War
•  Pacific Northwest Military History and Reenacting Website
•  Oregon Military Forts and Camps

Oregon Military Museum
Camp Withycombe
Clackamas OR 97015
Phone (503) 657-3984

An extensive library full of military history.
Call or write ahead as they have only one part time curator
with a small staff of volunteers and are open to the public on a limited basis.

Military Dept. of the State of Oregon
PO Box 14350
Salem, OR 97309-5047
This is the Oregon National Guard headquarters.

You can publish a search inquiry in the Oregon Veterans News.
Contact the Department of Veterans Affairs, 700 Summer St, NE, Salem,OR 97310-1201. They publish a newsletter that goes to many veterans with new of interest as well as a column for searching for individuals, units, etc. as well as a column for announcing reunions.

You can contact the National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132. Unfortunately a fire destroyed many of their records in 1973. But some records survived.

You might also check with the Portland Police Bureau to see if they have records of your Oregon ancestor. Portland City Hall, 1220 SW 5th Ave., Portland, OR 97204. Ask that it be forwarded to the police department.

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