The Pedigo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,804 people carried this name — #6,980 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,759 in 2000.

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In print

Pedigo in American newspapers,
1905–1922.

Newspaper page from The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union carrying the name Pedigo
The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union 1922-11-20
Newspaper page from The Jackson Herald carrying the name Pedigo
The Jackson Herald 1905-01-05
Newspaper page from The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union carrying the name Pedigo
The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union 1922-12-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,829 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pedigo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tom Pedigo 1940–2000 · set decorator

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pedigo,
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 States203 records

203 records of the Pedigo name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 149
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 Jack Y. Pedigo

    Born 1921 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; aircraft worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, 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 Charles Daniel Pedigo

    Born 1949; from Lexington, Kentucky. U.S. Army, heavy vehicle driver; killed in action 1970 in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Dale Walden Pedigo

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1894, died 1960; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 203 records for Pedigo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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