The Wampler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,345 people carried this name — #5,482 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 6,401 in 2000.

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In print

Wampler in American newspapers,
1893–1902.

Newspaper page from The Kalispell Bee carrying the name Wampler
The Kalispell Bee 1902-04-30
Newspaper page from The True Democrat carrying the name Wampler
The True Democrat 1897-04-17
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Wampler
The Anaconda Standard 1893-12-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,383 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wampler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fred Wampler
    Fred Wampler 1909–1999 · politician
  • William C. Wampler
    William C. Wampler 1926–2012 · politician
  • Cloud Wampler 1895–1973 · executive
  • Helen Hopkins Wampler 1897–1996 · school teacher
  • Stephen Wampler 1954–2013 · trombonist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wampler,
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 States286 records

286 records of the Wampler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 214
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 62
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ivan W. Wampler

    Born 1913 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison; farmer from Henry County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at South Lawn Cemetery, Dublin, Indiana.

    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 Martin E. Wampler

    Born 1930; from Rockingham County, Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North 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 Cecil W. Wampler

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1948, died 1995; buried at Glenwood Cemetery, Bluff City, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 286 records for Wampler 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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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