Title: Index of Massachusetts casualties in World War II, 1941-1945.
Creator: Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office
Description: The adjutant general of the Commonwealth, as executive administrator of the state's Military Establishment, came to be responsible for preserving information about past military episodes and service relating to Massachusetts. This series comprises an index to Massachusetts residents killed in the service of the United States during World War II. Information includes name, rank, residence, and branch of service, and may include race, date of death of each soldier, next of kin, the circumstances of death (e.g., killed in action, died of wounds, died in hospital), and the war theater in which it occurred. An accompanying printed booklet with title: World War II honor list of dead and missing--State of Massachusetts contains corresponding data, although the information in the booklet is arranged by county, and is confined to the name, serial number, rank, and circumstances of the death of each soldier.
Digital Origin: The Index of Massachusetts casualties in World War II, 1941-1945, was digitized in August 2016 and the World War II Honor List of Death and Missing: State of Massachusetts booklet was digitized in July 2018 by Archives staff. Originals are located at the Massachusetts Archives.
Date: 1941-1946
Type of Resource: Text
Format: card indexes
Extent: Physical materials: 1.6 cubic ft. (ca. 9300 cards ; 10 x 15 cm. in 10 boxes) Honor list: 1 v. (1 pam. binder) ; Digital surrogates: 1.19 GB including metadata
Subject: United States--Army--Registers of dead
Subject: Massachusetts--Politics and government--1865-1950
Subject: Massachusetts--History, Military
Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Registers of dead--Massachusetts
Collection Information: Part of Collection: Record Group PS1 (Adjutant General's Office)
Language: en
Preferred Citation: Index of Massachusetts Casualties in World War II, 1941-1945. (PS1 / Series 447X) Massachusetts Archives. Boston, MA. Accessed [insert date accessed in format DD MM YYYY]. [insert URL of resource].
