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Department of Defense - World War I and Punitive Expedition Into Mexico
Most state military records for twentieth-century conflicts are still held by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMAVA).
The State Archives has limited holdings of state-level service records for World War I and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico (also known as the Mexican Border War).
Consult the DMAVA and National Archives links at the bottom of this page for further contact information regarding twentieth-century military service records.
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Spanish-American War)
Pension Claim Files, 1916-1930
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Control #:
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SDEA5010
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes); 5 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by soldier
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Notes:
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Relate to federal pension claims; also include Civil War and World War I veterans. Indexes under series Record Binders and Indexes.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Pun. Expedition into Mexico)
Muster Rolls, 1916
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Control #:
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SDEA6001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes); 1 reel (16-mm)
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Pun. Expedition into Mexico)
Card Index to Officers and Enlisted Men from New Jersey, 1916
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Control #:
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SDEA6002
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Format:
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1 reel (16-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by surname
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Pun. Expedition into Mexico)
Miscellaneous Records [Uprocessed Binders], ca. 1916-ca. 1917
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Control #:
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SDEA6003
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Format:
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5.25 c.f. (40 binders)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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This series combines portions of two sequences of binder numbers.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (World War I)
Unofficial Service Records, 1917
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Control #:
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SDEA7001
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Format:
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62 reels (16-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (World War I)
Information Cards and Photographs of New Jersey Men Who Died in Service, 1917-1918
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Control #:
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SDEA7002
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3,400 cards/photographs)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by name
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (World War I)
Soldiers' Bonus Correspondence [incomplete], ca. 1921-1938
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Control #:
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SDEA7003
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Format:
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10 c.f. (20 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by soldiers' name
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Notes:
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Sections of the alphabet are missing (including A and P-Z; one R name and one Y name were found).
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (World War I)
Miscellaneous Records [Unprocessed Binders], ca. 1917-ca. 1918
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Control #:
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SDEA7004
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Format:
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16.75 c.f. (121 binders)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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This series combines portions of two sequences of binder numbers.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Related records:
Series:
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Atlantic County
Draft Board
World War I Draft Records, 1917
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Control #:
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CATDR001
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (5 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By draft number
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Notes:
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Include: physical examination records, discharge records, affidavits of married draftees and wives, etc.
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury
State Treasurer's Office
World War I Draft Board Accounts, 1917-1919
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Control #:
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STSTR043
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Format:
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1 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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State Council of Defense
Minutes, Resolutions and By-Laws, 1917-1920
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Control #:
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SZDEC001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 disbound vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes some minutes of the New Jersey Committee on Public Safety, 1917 and Mayor's Meeting, 1917.
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Series:
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New Jersey State Library
New Jersey War History Bureau
Records, ca. 1919-ca. 1922
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Control #:
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SZLIB001
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Format:
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11 c.f. (11 boxes)
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Series:
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State Military Board
Minutes, 1901-1947
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Control #:
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SZMIL001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Volume 1 is missing.
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 51 c.f. of paper records and 69 reels of microfilm ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov
For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:
New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, 101 Eggert Crossing Road, PO Box 340, Trenton, NJ 08625-0340, tel. 609-530-6823, website: www.state.nj.military
National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, tel. 866-272-6272, website: www.archives.gov
This page last updated 06/05/2006
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