North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948

What is in This Collection?

This collection consists of an index & images to discharges and Selective Service statement of service records for World War II acquired from the North Carolina State Archives.The following counties are included in this collection: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Forsyth, Gaston, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, and Iredell counties.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1943 Selective Service Card

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  1946 Discharge Record

Digital Folder Number List

This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. A table listing each DGS number and its contents can be found at North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records Digital Folder Number List.

Inventory

For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records - Inventory