Veterans Listings for:

VETERANS
LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISH, LA.
Surname X

Last Modified and submitted: 25 Jul 2013 by Christine “Chris” Tidwell

"CONTENTS OF THIS FILE HAVE BEEN UPDATED THROUGH:" 30 Jun 2013

Source: 
Much of the information contained in this Veterans file was researched, 
Processed, and formatted by Robert Looper (dec.), Brian Oster (dec.), Christine 
Tidwell, and Cynthia Daigle. 

In order to assure that the Veterans table that was being maintained on the La 
Societe des Cajuns Society website will continue to be available to users, it 
has been converted to a format that can be displayed on the GenWeb Archives 
sites for Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish by Christine Tidwell and Cynthia 
Daigle, with additional update information having been added by them and will be 
updated periodically. 

Please refer to the biographical section 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/biograph.htm 
for a short tribute to three men who had a desire to preserve and make 
available to those who follow, information about the history and life in 
Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes.

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Sources of Information:

Cemetery records, enumeration, surveys and newspaper obituaries of deceased, 
	parents or siblings.
South LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books)
SouthWest LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books)
Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records (reference books)
Diocese of New Orleans, Catholic Church Records (reference books)
South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society (reference 
	books)
Social Security Death Index (Internet-several sources)
Louisiana (or other state) Death Records (Internet or other sources)
U.S. Federal Census (Internet or other sources)
Find a Grave (internet)
They Came They Stayed by Laise Marie Ledet. (internet)

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Notes:
Layout of file consists of the following information
Line 1 – veterans name
Line 2 & 3 is the veterans birth and death date. (if *** is found in lines 2 & 3 
means that the date is unknown.)
Line 4 – is the rank, type of military and unit
Line 5 – is the cemetery if known.

Conflicts exist between record sources. If there are conflicts, all records 
will be noted.

These listings are intended to be used as an aid to genealogical research and 
are not intended as genealogical fact. 

These listings are not complete. 
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Different Wars and time periods:

1. 1900-1902 The Philippine Insurrection (aka Philippine War
it really was an INSURRECTION as the Philippines were uprising 
against its new US rulers).
2. WWI (1917 for the US-1918).
3. WWII (1941-1945).
4. Korean War (1950-1953).
5. Vietnam War (1961-1975).
6. Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada-1983).
7. Operation Just Cause (Panama-1989).
8. Operation Desert Storm (Iraq-Jan/Feb 1991).
9. Operation Restore Hope (Somalia 1992/1993).
10. Operations in Bosnia (1995- ?).
11. Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan 2001- )
12. Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq 2003- )

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Military Ranks:
Refer to http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/index.asp

Abbreviations:
http://www.spanamwar.com/genealogy5abbrev.htm 
*** or (blank) = information not available

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Note: Female Veterans if they are/were married their married name appears at the 
end of the Veterans name in (  ). Veterans surname will always appear first 
unless not given then the given name will be used.

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