sam001.xml MINNESOTA. OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL: An Inventory of Its Military Service Record Cards at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Alex Kent June 2010. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General. Military service record cards [microform]. ca. 1860-ca. 1945. Materials in English. Service record cards for persons who entered federal military service via the Minnesota National Guard and its predecessor, the Minnesota State Militia. They include army, navy, marines, foreign service, naval militia, surgeons and nurses, home and state guards, and cemetery burials. They cover the period from the Civil War through World War II. 89 microfilm reels; 16 mm. SAM 1: See Detailed Description for reel numbers. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Information recorded: name, service number, where and when enrolled, age or birth date, residence, birth place, dates and places of service, service unit, rank or rating, where and when discharged, next of kin (World War II), and (for Home Guards) civilian occupation.

 ARRANGEMENT

Grouped by service branch and/or war in no particular order; alphabetical by surname within each grouping.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Veterans -- Minnesota. Veterans -- Minnesota. World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Minnesota. World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Minnesota. Organizations: Minnesota. National Guard -- Veterans. Minnesota Home Guard -- Veterans. United States. Army -- Foreign Service -- Veterans. United States. Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916 -- Veterans. United States. Army -- Nurses. United States. Army -- Surgeons. United States. Army -- Veterans -- Minnesota. Places: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Minnesota. Document Types: Microforms. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General. Military service record cards. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Microfilm production:

Saint Paul, MN : Minnesota Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 1971.

Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

 Location of Originals:

The original cards were disposed of after microfilming.

 Accession Information:

Accession number: 978-16 996-119

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001732774

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Navy, World War 1 SAM 1 1 Aa - Harl. 2 Haines - Mystrom. 3 Nacht - Wads. 4 Wag - Zw. Spanish American War, Navy SAM 1 4 A - Wit (End). 5 Marine Corps Off [aptd] SAM 1 4 Official Naval Register. Marines, World War I SAM 1 4 Aa - Roderick. Roe - Zu (End). Foreign Service SAM 1 5 A-Z. Naval Militia SAM 1 5 A-Z. Nurses, World War I SAM 1 5 A - Perr. 6 Pers - Z. Spanish American War, Army SAM 1 6 A - Johnson, Martin. 7 Johnson, Martin E. - Wendal. 8 Weng - Z. Civil War SAM 1 8 A - Drew, George. 9 Drew, George W. - Knowles, Ed. 10 Knowles, G. - Rodney, Thomas. 11 Rodney, Tim - Z. National Guard prior to World War I SAM 1 11 A - Anderson, George G. 12 Anderson, George H. - Coley, And. 13 Collahan, Frank - Glasgow, John 14 Glasgow, Sid - Kallak, Herbert C. 15 Kallak, Roy J. - Miller, Frank H. 16 Miller, Frank John - Robbins, Robert L. 17 Robeck, Rudolph - Svenby, Albert C. 18 Svenby, Albert C. - Woodburg, J. 19 Woodbury - Z. Home Guard SAM 1 19 A - Gordon, Al. 20 Gordon, George - Raach, John. 21 Raasch - Z. National Guard SAM 1 21 Redesignation of Units. Contract Surgeons SAM 1 21 [General].

No further description of contents given.

 Cemetery Burials SAM 1 21 A - Z, Miscellaneous. Army, World War I SAM 1 21 Aa - Adamson, Bern. 22 Adamson, C. - Anderson, John O. 23 Anderson, John O. - Balfany. 24 Balfanz - Benton, George B. 25 Benton, John J. - Bjornstad, Edgar. 26 Bjornstad, Fred - Bottelson, Leonard. 27 Bottem, J. - Brouillard, R. 28 Brouillet, B. - Burton, George. 29 Burton, Glen - Carlson, William Geort. 30 Carlson, William H. - Christopherson, G. 31 Christopherson, Har - Cooke, Glen. 32 Cooke, Harold R. - Dahl, Robert W. 33 Dahl, Roy F. - Deno. 34 DeNoble, Herb - Dresser, H. 35 Dresser, Mert - Egnatuk, T. 36 Egner, C. - Erickson, Erick A. 37 Erickson, Erick C. - Femstad. 38 Fenstad, James - Foss, Elmer. 39 Foss, Elmer J. - Gannon, Frank E. 40 Gannon, Fred C. - Goding, Guy V. 41 Godkin, Harry S. - Groetsch, Herb. 42 Groetsch, John - Hales, Jesse. 43 Haletzky, Mike - Hanson, Peter O. 44 Hanson, Phil - Hehn. 45 Hei, Joseph - Himber, N. 46 Hilyard, H. - Hough, George D. 47 Hough, George P. - Jacob, Harry. 48 Jacob, Henn - Johnson, Arthur Emil. 49 Johnson, Arthur F. - Johnson, Lewis D. 50 Johnson, Lewis J. - Kahler, Harry. 51 Kahler, John C. - Ketelboeter. 52 Kettelle - Kokca. 53 Kocourek - Kubishak. 54 Kubista - Larson, Archie E. 55 Larson, Arlo - Lehnen, John. 56 Lehnen, Jos - Lindstrom, Ad. 57 Lindstrom, A. - Lundquist, Jos. 58 Lundquist, Jus. - McKee, Jac. 59 McKee, John - Martinson, Oscar C. 60 Martinson, Oscar S. - Mercure, J. 61 Meredith, James A. - Moran, Dan. 62a Moran, Dav - Nelson, Chester. 62b Nelson, Chester A. - Nordquist, Toddes. 63 Nordquist, Victor - Olson, Fred W. 64 Olson, Fred W. - Otterson, R. 65 Otters Tad, A. - Pelley. 66 Pellikka - Peterson, Oscar E. 67 Peterson, Oscar E. - Powell, Thomas. 68 Powell, Tracy - Ray, Philip. 69 Ray, Robert - Sandera, George. 70 Sanders, Aud - Sinchak, Andre. 71 Sinclair, Al - Stromberg, Am. 72 Stromberg, Aug - Trump, Hugo. 73 Trumper, Walter - White, Elm. 74 White, Emery - Z. Minnesota State Guard, World War II SAM 1 75 A - Busc. 76 Buss - Flint. 77 Flipp - Hook, Henry. 77/2 Falk, A. - Henslin, E. M. 78 Hook, Richar - Larson, Orner R. 79 Larson, Orner R. - Mitchell, James. 80 Mitchell, James D. - Reisdorf, Joseph. 81 Reisdorf, Joseph P. - Smith, Morris. 82 Smith, Neil A. - Willard, Hugh E. 83 Willard, Ralph J. - Z. Mexican Border SAM 1 84 A - Snow, Roland S. 84a Snow, Roland S. - Tyler. 85 Uhler - Z. Auxiliary Roll SAM 1 86 Civil War, Mexican Border, National Guard prior to World War I, World War II, and State Guard.