Series 5155

A separate agency history is available.

DESCRIPTION: Since 1923, Utah Code has provided that upon presentation the county recorder shall record honorable discharges from the military, naval or marine service of the United States, and any orders, citations, and decorations of honor relating to a person while in the military service of the United States. County recorders' copies are considered evidence with the same effect as the original (Utah Code, 17-21-14, 2000). Military discharge records include extensive personal information, as well as military service and discharge information. All documents in this series relate to men who were discharged from 1944 to 1948.

Military discharge forms include personal information, such as name, date and place of birth, race, marital status, occupation, education, character notes, physical description, immunization records, notes on personal marks or identifications, and notes on general physical condition at the time of discharge. They contain military information, such as date and place of induction, military serial number, grade, rank, branch of service, evaluation of military skills, military decorations, citations and awards, military campaigns participated in, and wounds received in battle. Discharge data include such things as date, reason, and location of discharge, home address or other destination, travel allowance, pay and insurance data, and the signature of a discharging officer.

ARRANGEMENT: The county recorder entered military discharges in chronological order according to the date recorded, October 1944 to April 1948.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 2794, Military Separation Forms and Benefit Records, 1917-on, is a collection of military discharges compiled from multiple sources, including county recorders' copies. It contains primarily World War II discharges, but also a few World War I and post-World War II records. Additional discharges for other time periods may have been filed in San Juan County Official Records, series, 6682.

FINDING AIDS: The San Juan county recorder created an index, which appears at the beginning of the microfilm reel and lists names alphabetically.

PROCESSING NOTE: San Juan County military discharges were microfilmed by the Utah State Archives in September 1990 and processed by Rosemary Cundiff in July 2000.

PREFERRED CITATION: Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.