Oklahoma World War I Vets
I thought I’d take this “53rd Carnival of Genealogy, Carousel Edition” to invite interested folks to participate in this great project–
Do you have a World War I vet in your family who served from Oklahoma? The Oklahoma Genealogical Society is working on an index to honor these persons. Some records already exist, many of which were gathered for the Veteran’s Memorial at the state capital. A list of those killed in action exists, but not a list of all those who served.
However, in my position as research coordinator at the OHS Research Library, I’ve received at least 3 requests for information about young men who served whose names I did not find in those files. So I have 3 names I’ll be contributing. Do you have any info to add?
If so, you can send it to: June Stone, 3601 NW 19th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73107-2815, by e-mail to JuneCStone@aol.com or fax 942-0546.
OR you can send it to me and I’ll pass it along to June. I see her each week.
Requested information includes full name of veteran, date and place of birth, date and place of death, date and place of marriage, name of spouse, names of parents, rank, branch of service, medals earned, obituary, pictures and anything that would contribute to the veteran’s file. Like Dick Eastman, I’d also recommend that you include the place of burial if you know it.
I’m excited about this project–I’ve been through those files many times and lamented the shape they were in and wanted to work on making them more accessible. Now it’s being done!
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