Social Security numbers

Please make sure you always record (if available) the Social Security number for the soldier, his spouse, and his children.

If your death source is the Social Security Death Index, select that as the source and input the number in the box that appears.

If you find the U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, enter the Social Security number in the Remarks field of the appropriate individual's Death screen. Type SSN: and the number.

If you don't find death information for an individual, but you did find her/his Social Security number, please enter it in the Remarks field of the last census decade input. Type SSN: and the number.


We want to make sure we ALWAYS collect the Social Security number.