Series 17529

State Historical Society Military records section correspondence

Dates: 1949-1965.

13 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

An agency history is available.

Scope and Content

This series consists of correspondence by Robert Inscore, Graves Registrar and later Chief of the Military Records Section of the Utah State Archives. The correspondence is with individuals, other states, and the federal government regarding military service information and the placement of, or application to place, a marker on the deceased veteran's grave. Thousands of veterans had their service verified and graves marked during the years-long process.

Correspondence with other states primarily is for verifying service records that may have begun or ended outside of Utah. Respondents include state archives, adjutant generals, and historical societies. Within the Utah file, there is also some from American Legion posts and graves decoration groups.

The correspondence by name gathers information from and assists with headstone applications for next of kin. It also is with funeral homes and cemetery sextons in regards to headstone placement.

Administrative correspondence concerns such items as replacing broken headstones, insufficient records to issue a headstone, cancelled applications, and rejection due to lack of military service. The remaining correspondence in the series is with federal agencies and the respective military branches, requesting official statements of service and similar inquires.

Access Restrictions

This series is designated as Public.

Reproduction and Use

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Related Records

Veterans buried in Utah reports from the Division of Archives and Records Service, Series 1560, contain published lists from the information gathered by the military records section.

Veterans' burial locations cards and forms from the Division of Archives and Records Service, Series 5339, are part of a data entry project for collecting the information sought after in this correspondence.

Indexing Terms

Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Utah.

Soldiers--Utah.

Sepulchral monuments--Utah

Military records

REEL	DESCRIPTION
1	Correspondence with other states; Alabama to Ohio
2	Correspondence with other states; Ohio to Utah
3	Correspondence by name; A-B
4	Correspondence by name; B-F
5	Correspondence by name; F-J
6	Correspondence by name; J-M
7	Correspondence by name; M-R
8	Correspondence by name; R-S
9	Correspondence by name; S-Z
11	Administrative correspondence by date; 1965-May 1963
10	Administrative correspondence by date; Apr 1963-Feb 1950
12	Administrative correspondence by date; Feb 1950-Nov 1949
12	Administrative correspondence by subject
13	Administrative correspondence by subject