U.S. Marine Corps

United States Military Records U.S. Marine Corps

The Marine Corps was created in 1775. It was part of the Navy Department from 1834 until 1952, when it became a distinct branch of the military. Records of Marine Corps soldiers and officers are available at the National Archives in Record Group 127 for the years 1798 to 1904.

Archives and Libraries

National Personnel Records Center

• National Personnel Records Center
• Official Military Personnel Files
• Official Military Personnel Files Archival
• Veteran's Service Records
• U.S. Marine Corps. Personnel Management Division. Official Military Personnel Files, 1905-1997. NAID 299715

Library of the Marine Corps

National Archives

• Records of the United States Marine Corps RG 127

Unit Histories - Organization Authority Record

• U.S. Marine Corps. 1st Marine Division. 2/1/1941-9/1947
• U.S. Marine Corps. 1st Marine Division. 9/1947-
• U.S. Marine Corps. 5th Marine Regiment. 6/8/1917-9/18/1947
• U.S. Marine Corps. 5th Marine Regiment. 9/1947-

FamilySearch Collections

• Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps, 1798–1892. National Archives Microfilm Publication T1118. (FHL 123 films starting with FHL film # 929049.) The records are arranged chronologically; and they give name, rank, enlistment date, date of death or discharge, and name of ship or station.

 United States, Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps - FamilySearch Historical Records

Marine Divisions

• 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments
• 2d Marine Division and Its Regiments
• 3d Marine Division and Its Regiments
• 4th Marine Division, 1943-1996

Marine Regiments

• 2d Marines
• 4th Marines
• 6th Marines
• 8th Marines
• 9th Marines
• 10th Marines
• 14th Marines
• 25th Marines

Marine Corps Aviation

• Aviation History, 1912-1940
• Marine Corp Aviation History
• Marine Corps Aircraft 1913-1965
• Marine Corps Aviation in World War II a Chronology

World War I

• The United States Marines in the World War
• Officers and Enlisted Who Lost their Lives
• Officers and Enlisted Who Lost their Lives Overseas
• Recruiting Instructions, 1914

World War II

• Gordon L. Rottman.U.S. Marine Corps World War II order of battle:ground and air units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002. FHL 973 M3rg
• Marine Corps Operations Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, vol. 1
• Marine Corp Operations, vol. 2
• Marine Corps Operations, vol. 3

Further Reading

• Notes and Suggestions Officers of the Marine Corps,1900
• United States Marine Corps. Ranks and Grades, 1775-1969

Other Record Types

• Aircraft Accidents
• Awards
• Biographies
• Bounty Land Warrants
• Casualty Records
• Prisoner of War Records
• Soldiers Home Records
• Unit Histories

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