The Shiflett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,679 people carried this name — #8,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,645 in 2000.

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In print

Shiflett in American newspapers,
1907–1910.

Newspaper page from The Wenatchee Daily World carrying the name Shiflett
The Wenatchee Daily World 1910-12-30
Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Shiflett
The Comet 1907-06-06
Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Shiflett
The Comet 1907-10-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,325 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Shiflett,
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 States188 records

188 records of the Shiflett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 153
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 31
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • 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 Lloyd H. Shiflett

    Born 1919 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Charlottesville; farm hand from Albemarle County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Augusta Memorial Park, Waynesboro, Virginia.

    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 David Henry Shiflett

    Born 1947; from Montrose, West Virginia. U.S. Army, track vehicle repairer; killed in action 1969 in Kontum, 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 Johnny Franklin Shiflett

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1959; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 188 records for Shiflett 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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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