Veteran Grave Registration Database

Welcome to the Search Page

On this page, you can search for Veteran Grave Registration records that we have processed into our system. This is NOT a complete database of all veterans from Union County, New Jersey. It was created using an archived collection of Veteran Grave Registration cards provided to the County Clerk's Office. Some records, containing typos or missing crucial information—such as burial location and date of death—were supplemented using information from the Find a Grave (findagrave.com) and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society (cmohs.org) websites. Consequently, some of the information may not appear on the scanned PDF images.

This database was developed using Microsoft Azure AI Document Intelligence to initially extract text from the cards. The extracted text is then run through a program to clean, correct, and standardize values before being manually checked and verified. Despite this process, there may still be minor spelling errors; please keep this in mind when filling out the search fields. If you find an error, click the "Contact Us" tab and complete the form to send us an email with your concerns. Please attach any supporting evidence to the form for verification if necessary.

After pressing the search button, a results table will appear below. The "ID" column is for internal reference to help locate specific records quickly. The "Original" War and Branch columns display the unedited text extracted by Azure AI, while the "Standard" War and Branch columns are designed to be normalized for easy searching. The "Image" column contains a clickable PDF icon () that will display the front and back of the card associated with the selected record. Some records include four images, or two cards, indicating duplicates where information is split across both. All images have a redacted black box to conceal sensitive information.

To begin a search, complete at least one of the fields below and press the search button. Additional fields can be completed to narrow your search further. Please review the "Cemetery List" tab to find which cemeteries we have in our database and what their search names are.

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Enter Last Name: Enter First Name: Enter Middle Name:

Enter Birth Year: Enter Death Year:

Select War: Select Branch: Enter Cemetery: - List

Search Option: Add an asterisk ( * ) at the end of First or Last Name field for "starts with" feature.
*** Middle name automatically applies "starts with" feature, you can enter just the middle initial.

Example: Enter Last Name: Smi*

Total results: 16

ID	Last Name	First Name	Middle Name	Suffix	Birth Date	Birth Year	Death Date	Death Year	Original War Record	Standard War Record	Original Branch	Standard Branch	Cemetery	Image
24827	Beck	Walter			January 29, 1927	1927	January 4, 1985	1985	WW2	World War 2		Unknown	At Sea
24833	Curtis	William	E.		September 28, 1920	1920	September 24, 1970	1970	World War II	World War 2	U.S. Navy	Navy	At Sea
22895	Enright	John			July 2, 1864	1864	February 19, 1898	1898		Unknown	U.S.N.	Navy	MOH - At Sea
22896	Estocin	Michael	John		April 27, 1931	1931	April 26, 1967	1967	VIETNAM	Vietnam War	U.SN	Navy	MOH - At Sea
22965	Hutchins	Carlton	Barmore		September 12, 1904	1904	February 2, 1938	1938		Unknown	U.S. Navy	Navy	MOH - At Sea
22970	Ingram	Osmond	Kelly		August 4, 1887	1887	October 15, 1917	1917	WWI	World War 1	USN	Navy	MOH - At Sea
22979	Kane	Thomas				1841				Unknown	US Navy	Navy	MOH - At Sea
22997	Lanfare	Aaron	Steven		September 9, 1824	1824	August 19, 1875	1875	CIVIL	Civil War		Navy	MOH - At Sea
24851	McDonough	John	J.	Sr.	December 4, 1919	1919	October 10, 1985	1985	WW2	World War 2		Unknown	At Sea
23119	Ross	Donald	Kirby		December 8, 1910	1910	May 27, 1992	1992	World War II	World War 2	US Navy	Navy	MOH - At Sea
23173	Strahan	Robert				1836				Unknown	US Navy	Navy	MOH - At Sea
23202	Tomich	Peter			June 3, 1893	1893	December 7, 1941	1941		Unknown	US Navy	Navy	MOH - At Sea
23231	Weeks	Charles	H.			1837			Civil	Civil War	U.S.NN	Navy	MOH - At Sea
23237	Whittlesey	Charles	White		January 20, 1884	1884	November 27, 1921	1921	WWI	World War 1		Unknown	MOH - At Sea
23244	Williams	Frank			October 19, 1871	1871	October 24, 1900	1900	SAW	Spanish American War	USN	Navy	MOH - At Sea
24882	Young	Frederick	W.			1927			World War II & Korean	World War 2 and Korean War	U.S. Navy	Navy	At Sea

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