United States, Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981

Name file to casualty information about Army personnel and their dependents who died or were injured worldwide. The records are from Record Group 407: Records of the Adjutant General's Office. Also known as the U.S. Army. Casuality Information System, 1/1/1961-12/1981 This collection has 293,858 records. The file was acquired from the National Archives, "Access to Archival Databases" (AAD). Additional information about this collection may be found on the National Archives website. In August of 2013, the National Archives replaced the ARC – Archival Research Catalog - with the OPA – Online Public Access. ARC identifiers will still work to access the collections in OPA.

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United States, Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains a name file to casualty information about Army personnel and their dependents who died or were injured worldwide. The records are from Record Group 407: Records of the Adjutant General's Office. Also known as the U.S. Army. Casualty Information System, 1/1/1961-12/1981 This collection has 293,858 records. The file was acquired from the National Archives, "Access to Archival Databases" (AAD).

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:

  • Name
  • Age or birth date
  • Home state and city of record (if known)
  • Date of casualty
  • Category of casualty
  • Category of personnel

Collection Content

Sample of indexed information:

John C Smith United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees
Name John C Smith
Event Type Death
Event Date 28 May 1968
Event Place Vietnam, Republic Of
Casualty Category Non-Battle Dead
Casualty Status Note Non-Hostile Dead: Died Of Wounds/Injury
Casualty Number 2340
Military Classification or Dependant Enlisted Personnel
Military Category Active Duty Army
Military Rank Private First Class
Military Specialty Light Weapons Infantry (ARMY)
Marital Status Unknown
Gender Unknown
Race Negro
Birth Date 1949
Residence Place Illinois