Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Morrow County Records Inventory
Military Records
1887-1967
Series lists those eligible for military service and records the discharge dates of those who served in the military. Series includes eligibility, enlistment, discharge registers, or muster rolls, and may include alphabetical indexes. Information includes name of individual serving or eligible for service; enlistment and discharge dates and codes; residences at birth and enlistment; occupations and ages at time of enlistment; branches of service; precinct numbers; service records including commendations; physical condition, education and types of jobs performed while in service; and rank at discharge. Access to military discharge records may be restricted for 75 years by 2009 Oregon Legislative Assembly SB 618.
Since 1967 military discharges have been recorded in the clerk's Recordings (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).
Records at the Morrow County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
Military List, 1887-1891 (1 volume);
[Military List-filed with Military Record], 1895-1896
(.05 cu.ft.);
Military Record, vol. 2, ca.1892-1898 (1 volume);
[Militia List of Morrow County-filed with Military
Record], n.d. (.05 cu.ft.);
Record of U.S. Service Discharges [with index-also indexes
discharges in Recordings to 1984], vol. 1-2, 1945-1967 (2
volumes).