This wiki was seeded from a merged research file of Camp Ritchie class-roster rows and a larger demographics table. Soldier pages are a public starting point, not a finished biography of every man.
What was imported
Each soldier page has:
- An infobox built from names, Army serial number (ASN), class/section/rank, vitals, nativity, religion, enlistment, assignment, IPW teams, and related public fields
- Research notes copied from the source file when they existed
- A collapsed technical section with NARA and census codes used in the merge (not the raw NARA dump string)
Pages are titled Surname, First (ASN) so men with the same name stay distinct.
Match confidence
Class-roster rows were matched to demographics on name plus ASN (full, partial, or near). A yellow banner appears when that match is not high confidence. Treat those infobox class fields as a lead to check, not as settled fact.
What was not imported
- Social Security numbers and Death Master File internals
- The raw NARA enlistment dump string
- Internal merge logs and ambiguous-review queues (those stay with the research project)
Living people
Camp Ritchie classes ran in the 1940s. A small number of men could still be alive. See Contribute for the take-down approach.
How to cite this wiki
Cite the soldier page and the date you read it. For the underlying government records, cite NARA WWII Army enlistment files, the 1940 census, and the class roster independently. Wiki text can change.
See also
- Contents
- Contribute
- Special:CargoTables (structured soldier table, after data is rebuilt)
- Special:Categories