Silent Hero Assignment #1
1) Search “Cocke County World War II Dead.”
a. Soldier’s Name: ____________________________________________
b. Soldier’s Serial Number: _____________________________________
c. Create a citation
i. Name of website: ____________________________________
ii. Author of website: ___________________________________
iii. URL: ______________________________________________
iv. Date accessed: ______________________________________
2) Go to the following website: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
a. Choose World War II
b. Choose to search World War II Army Enlistment Records
c. Enter your soldier’s serial number and click search
d. Answer the following questions about your soldier
i. Where was he from? _________________________________
ii. Where did he enlist? _________________________________
iii. What is the date he enlisted? __________________________
iv. What was his rank upon enlistment? ____________________
v. What branch designation did he have? __________________
vi. What were the terms of his enlistment? _________________
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vii. What was the source of army personnel? ________________
viii. Where was he born? _________________________________
ix. When was he born? __________________________________
x. What race was he? __________________________________
xi. What was his citizenship status? _______________________
xii. How much schooling did he have? _____________________
xiii. What was his occupation before entering the army? _____________________
xiv. What was his marital status? ________________________________________
xv. What component of the army was he a part of? ________________________
e. Click on the different labels on the left to learn more about each category.
f. Create a citation
i. Name of website: ____________________________________
ii. Author of website: ___________________________________
iii. URL: ______________________________________________
iv. Date accessed: ______________________________________
3) Go to the following website: https://familysearch.org/1940census/
a. Enter your soldier’s name and state.
b. Answer the following questions about your soldier
i. How old was he in 1940? _____________________________
ii. What was the soldier’s marital status in 1940? ____________
iii. What was the soldier’s relationship to the head of household? ______________
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iv. Who else lived in the house? What were their ages? ______________________
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c. Click on “View Document.” You should get a visual image of the 1940 census. Scroll
down till you find your soldier’s name. Following is the heading for each column. Look
at information for your soldier and his family members.
Street
21. Worked for pay March 21-30
House number
22. Worked for New Deal program March
Census record number for household
21-30
Home owned or rented
23. Seeking work
Value of home/monthly rental
24. Have a job
Farm
25. Worked at home, unable to work,
Name of people in household
attended school
Relationship to head of household
26. Number of hours worked March 21-30
Sex
27. Duration of unemployment
Color or race
28. Occupation
Age at last birthday
29. Industry
Marital Status
30. Class of worker
Attended school since March 1, 1940
31. Number of weeks worked in 1939
Highest grade of school completed
32. Amount of money wages or salary in
Place of birth
1939
Citizenship of foreign born
33. Recipient of non-monetary wages in
Rural/urban (more than 2500 residents)
1939
in 1935
34. Number of Farm Schedule
County in 1935
State in 1935
Farm in 1935
Citation for census: [State]. [County]. 1940 US census, population schedule. Digital images,
Archives.gov.http://1940census.archives.gov: 2012.
4) Search “Family Search 1930 Census” and follow the link
a) Enter the name of your solider and pull up the 1930 record.
b) Print that page (one per group)
c) What changes are there from 1930 to 1940? (Some things that may have changed might be the
people in the household, where they lived, the head of the household, careers, etc.)
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d) Create a citation for the 1930 US Census
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What did you learn about your soldier from this information?
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What did you learn about your soldier’s family from the census?
What additional questions do you have about your soldier?