The Damron surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,354 people carried this name — #4,247 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,172 in 2000.

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In print

Damron in American newspapers,
1907–1920.

Newspaper page from La Correspondencia De Puerto Rico carrying the name Damron
La Correspondencia De Puerto Rico 1909-07-22
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Damron
The Milwaukee Leader 1920-09-16
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Damron
New-york Tribune 1907-01-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,512 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Damron,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dick Damron 1934–2025 · composer
  • Mary Damron 1954–2024 · missionary

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Damron,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States366 records

366 records of the Damron name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 284
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John A. Damron

    Born 1923 in California. Enlisted 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; painter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Thomas Damron

    Born 1947; from Pensacola, Florida. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Salome Damron

    Arrived at New York in 1855 aboard the Heidelberg from Havre, aged 71. From France; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 366 records for Damron in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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