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From: "Craig Scott" <>
Subject: [APG] E: WWI Service records
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:42:17 -0400
In-Reply-To: <200706161440.l5GEePl5001811@mail.rootsweb.com>


The WWI service summary cards are actually the AGO 724 cards, Statement of
Service Cards. They come in various form numbers and colors:

The form number and the color have meaning.

For example an AGO 724-6 (Pink) means Killed in Acton.

They can not be found for each state, although the cards were sent to each
state when the money ran out in about 1922. See Major General Lewis B.
Hershey, History of Furnishing Statement of Service Cards to the States,
1792-1948, GPO, Washington, D.C., 1949.

Cards have not been found by me for the following states: AK, CA, DC, IA,
KS, LA, MS, MT, NJ, NM, NC, OK, RI, SD, TN, VA,WA, and Puerto Rico. If
someone knows me to be incorrect, please let me know, I care about this
stuff. <G>

The cards can not be depended on to be accurate and should not be relied on
as the "primary" source of information on military service during WWI.
Anything found on a card should be verified through other sources. The
complaint is that they were created quickly and have many errors. A staff of
clerks did accomplished a number of corrections, but one does not know the
accuracy of any individual card. There were approximately 4.5 million cards
created.

The most complete set of Adjutant General Office materials for each state
can be found in the Library of Congress. That would be my recommendations
for one stop shopping of published materials.

One Van Marter died of disease overseas:

Harry H. Van Marter, Pfc, Battery A, 307th Field Artillery on 15 Feb 1919,
his body was returned to the US, his serial number was 2413703. Next of kin:
Trenton, N.J.

There is also another close surname that also died of disease:

Timothy Earl Marter, Pvt., USMC, 51st Company, 5th Marines, died 15 June
1919. Next of kin: Cleveland, Ohio

{source: Personal database of Craig R. Scott}

This marine is listed in a forth coming book on Marine Corps dead from WWI
and the post WWI period:

Marter, Timothy Earl, Pvt., 51st Co., 5th Regt., DOD, June 15, 1919 in
France. Mrs. Lenora Caton (Sister), 1369 E. 90th St., Cleveland, Ohio


C.

Craig R. Scott, CG
President and CEO
Heritage Books, Inc.
65 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
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-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:] On Behalf
Of Paul K. Graham
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 10:40 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [APG] WWI Service records

Debbe,

The primary resource for WWI service is the WWI Service Summary Cards that
can be found in each state. There are also SSCs for the Spanish-American
War. Generally, they are housed at a state archive. Florida has their WWI
Service Summary Cards scanned and available online
(http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/wwi/). Georgia's cards are at the
Georgia Archives. I do not know if other states did this, but in Georgia the
summary cards were typed and bound into books for each county.

You'll need to write to every state and ask for a search of the cards for
the surname you want.

Paul K. Graham
Atlanta, Georgia

Debbe Hagner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a client who want a list of all the Van Marter(s) who SERVED in
WWI.
>
> He doesn't want the list of WWI draft card - cuz not everyone SERVED...
>
> He doesn't want the list of WWI enlistment - cuz he think there is
> more than 17 on the list...
>
> Is there any database or any suggestion where I could get a complete
> list of Van Marter who SERVED in WWI...





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