The Sturgill surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,444 people carried this name — #4,196 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,158 in 2000.

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In print

Sturgill in American newspapers,
1908–1920.

Newspaper page from Missouri Valley Times carrying the name Sturgill
Missouri Valley Times 1920-12-16
Newspaper page from The Jones County News carrying the name Sturgill
The Jones County News 1920-09-23
Newspaper page from Freie Presse Für Texas carrying the name Sturgill
Freie Presse Für Texas 1908-07-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Sturgill,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Kate Peters Sturgill 1907–1975

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sturgill,
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 States293 records

293 records of the Sturgill name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 216
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Curtis R. Sturgill

    Born 1923 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky; electrician. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Ashland Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Ralph C. Sturgill

    Born 1931; from Wise County, Virginia. U.S. Army, field artillery cannoneer; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Gary D. Sturgill

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 1997; buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

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

Showing 3 of 293 records for Sturgill in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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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