Information Index

This page is a central location for site information other than searches and our "mission statement". There are three categories:

• Information about the CACCF database and the Wall

• Finding further information about an individual casualty

• Help with finding living people

• General Sources: our FAQ, Links page, and a list of print sources.

In general, we've tried to emphasize "official" sources of information. That doesn't necessarily mean that we think it's always the best, or that other sources can't be valuable. In most cases, however, the official sources will be based on records not available to others.

The Casualty Database and The Wall

• See our Database Information page, which also has some information on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

• Our Links Page has information about the Memorial also.

Finding More Information On Casualties

First of all, we do not have any information on individual casualties other than what we've made available on the site.  We are not sitting on any secret archives or boxes of things we haven't done yet; if we have it, we're letting you see it.

• a casualty's Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) can furnish certain types of information not contained in the list. We have sources for Army and Marine Corps IDPFs at this time.

• if you are a next-of-kin (usually defined as an immediate family member, but possibly extending to cousins, aunts/uncles/nieces/nephews in some situations, you can get a copy of the individual's military records from the Military Personnel Record Center.

• While it is not actually more information, family and friends of casualties listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are eligible for a Presidential Memorial Certificate from the Veterans Administration, in commemoration of the casualty's service.

• You may wish to try more traditional research methods, such as looking for newspaper obituaries, veterans organizations, and the like. "Traditional" methods are more labor-intensive and time-consuming than the Web, and are not guaranteed to yield anything. On the other hand, we guarantee you that not all knowledge in the world has been put up on the Web yet. :-)

Finding Living People

In general, we can't be of much help with searches for individual veterans but we have a section for this in our Links page.

General Sources

• Please check our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page. The most common questions may be addressed there.

• Our Links page will take you to some of the main sources of related information. Many of the sources on this page are repeated there.

• Some print sources of information can be found here.  This includes two ways of getting a printed copy of the casualty names.