Honor Rolls
Many communities and organizations published "Honor Rolls" listing the men and women who served the war effort. These items contain records and lists of those who served during the first World War and are especially valuable for those seeking to document military service.
Collections
Michigan Alumni in the Wars File
Files maintained by University of Michigan documenting the military service of University of Michigan students, staff, and alumni in the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Organized by war, the records consist of index cards alphabetically arranged by surname within each conflict. Information varies, but typically includes name, dates of enrollment at the university, branch or service unit, rank, enlistment date, and discharge or death date. Some cards include clippings and names of campaigns and causes of death.
Michigan Naval Militia Records
Roll book and duty roster for Co. J, 3rd Regiment.
Necrology Files
Record series maintained by the University of Michigan Alumni Records upon receiving notification of the death of an alumnus or alumna. Contains more than 64,000 alphabetically arranged folders on students that attended the University of Michigan and were deceased as of 1968, including graduates, non-graduates, some honorary degree recipients, faculty, and officers. Files contain biographical information such as alumni catalog questionnaires, registration forms, news articles, and some correspondence and photographs. Includes a separate series of war dead covering World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.
Washtenaw County Records
Correspondence files of the county clerk, register of deeds, county treasurer, and other county offices; also township poll lists, political party enrollment books, list of Civil War volunteers, record of county soldiers and sailors during World War I, and miscellaneous welfare records.
Finding Aid available online.Published Resources
Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa), Atlas and Plat Book of Lapeer County, Michigan
Contains history and atlas of the World War and Lapeer County honor roll.
Roster & History of the Machine Gun Company, One Hundred and Twenty-Seventy Infantry, Sixty-Fourth Brigade, Thirty-Second Division, Army of Occupation (Stiftsdruckerei: Coblenz Germany, 1919)
Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan in the World War. Military and Naval Honors of Michigan Men and Women. Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Naval Decorations, Foreign Decorations (Michigan historical commission, by authority the Michigan war preparedness board: Lansing, 1924)
Detroit (Mich.), List of War Dead: Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, City of Detroit (Memorial Hall Commission: Detroit, 1950)
State Journal Company, Honor Roll and War History of Ingham County, Michigan, in the Great World War, 1914 to 1918 (State Journal Co: Lansing, Mich, 1919)
Shirley E Keehn, Lest We Forget: A Compilation of the Men of Monroe County, Michigan, Who Gave Their Lives in the Cause of Freedom During World War I and World War II (S. E. Keehn: Monroe, Mich.?, 1996)
An Honor Roll: Containing a Pictorial Record of the War Service of the Men and Women of Kalamazoo County, 1917-1918-1919 (Mrs. O.H. Clark: Kalamazoo, Mich., 1920)
Service Record Book of Men and Women of West Branch, Michigan and Ogemaw County (Lithographed and bound by Walsworth Brothers: Marcelina, Mo, 1950)
Sue Imogene Silliman, Michigan Military Records, the D. A. R. of Michigan Historical Collections: Records of the Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Michigan; the Pensioners of Territorial Michigan; and the Soldiers of Michigan Awarded the "medal of honor," (Michigan historical commission: Lansing, 1920)
The Honor Roll of Livingston County, Michigan, U.S.A., 1917-1918-1919 (K.M. Payne and the Brighton Argus: Brighton, Mich., 1920)
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, The Richard N. Hall Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.A. at the University of Michigan (Published by W.H. Hobbs for the R.N. Hall Post, V.F.W: Ann Arbor, Mich, 1920)
Honor Roll and Complete War History of Genesee County, Michigan, in the Great World War 1914 to 1918, Illustrated Biography, Authentic History, Embracing & Recording Activities of Fighting and Civilian Army (The Flint Daily Journal: Flint, 1920)
David Arthur Kooker, An Honor Roll, Containing a Pictorial Record of the Gallant and Courageous Men from Ontonagon County, Mich., U.S.A., Who Served in the Great War. 1917--1918--1919 (D. A. Kooker: Ewen, Mich, 1920)
Fort Sheridan Association, The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers' Training Camps (Fort Sheridan Association: Fort Sheridan, Ill., 1920)
Alonzo J Sherman, Huron Shore Genealogical Society, Index to Iosco County Michigan WW-1 Veterans (Huron Shore Genealogical Society: Oscoda, MI, 1993)