The Ussery surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,036 people carried this name — #6,708 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,910 in 2000.

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In print

Ussery in American newspapers,
1883–1919.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Ussery
The Topeka State Journal 1919-04-26
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Ussery
The Indianapolis Journal 1883-09-07
Newspaper page from The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer carrying the name Ussery
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer 1883-09-08

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

Who carried it

People named Ussery,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bobby Ussery 1935–2023 · jockey

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

In the public record

People named Ussery,
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 States211 records

211 records of the Ussery name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 160
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • 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
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Buford A. Ussery

    Born 1920 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; mechanic from Wilkinson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Elam Memorial Gardens, Gray, Georgia.

    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 Carl Richard Ussery

    Born 1948; from Norwood, Missouri. U.S. Army, cannon fire direction specialist; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Tri, 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 John Herbert Ussery

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1939, died 2001; buried at Cedar Ridge Cemetery, Litchfield, Illinois.

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

Showing 3 of 211 records for Ussery 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, 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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