Ranks

• BBG = Brevet Brigadier General
• BGEN = Brigadier General
  Brigadier general (United States)
  A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...
  
  
• BMG = Brevet Major General
• CDR = Commander USN
• COL = Colonel
  Colonel (United States)
  In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
  
  
• CPL = Corporal
• CPT = Captain
• CSGT = Commissary Sergeant
• GEN = General
  General (United States)
  In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, general is a four-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. General ranks above lieutenant general and below General of the Army or General of the Air Force; the Marine Corps does not have an...
  
  
• LCDR = Lieutenant Commander USN
• LGEN = Lieutenant General
  Lieutenant General (United States)
  In the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9. Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general...
  
  
• LT = Lieutenant
  Lieutenant
  A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
  
  
• 1 LT = First Lieutenant
  First Lieutenant
  First lieutenant is a military rank and, in some forces, an appointment.The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations , but the majority of cases it is common for it to be sub-divided into a senior and junior rank...
  
   (2 LT = 2nd Lieutenant, and so on)
• Ens - Ensign USN
• LTC = Lieutenant Colonel
  Lieutenant colonel
  Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
  
  
• MAJ = Major
  Major
  Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
  
  
• MGEN = Major General
  Major general (United States)
  In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...
  
  
• NCO = Non-commissioned Officer
• OSGT = Ordinance Sergeant
• PFC = Private First Class
  Private First Class
  Private First Class is a military rank held by junior enlisted persons.- Singapore :The rank of Private First Class in the Singapore Armed Forces lies between the ranks of Private and Lance-Corporal . It is usually held by conscript soldiers midway through their national service term...
  
  
• PVT = Private
• PVT 1CL = Private First Class
  Private First Class
  Private First Class is a military rank held by junior enlisted persons.- Singapore :The rank of Private First Class in the Singapore Armed Forces lies between the ranks of Private and Lance-Corporal . It is usually held by conscript soldiers midway through their national service term...
  
  
• QM = Quartermaster
• QMSGT = Quartermaster Sergeant
• SGM = Sergeant Major
• SGT = Sergeant
• WO = Warrant Officer
  Warrant Officer (United States)
  In the United States military, the rank of warrant officer is rated as an officer above the senior-most enlisted ranks, as well as officer cadets and candidates, but below the officer grade of O-1...
  
  

Regiments

• 58 PENN. INF. = 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers
• 185 N.Y. INF. = 185th Regiment of the New York Infantry Volunteers

See also

• United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for headstones and markers