Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas

Abe Short

Sergeant Abe Short of Aurora, Arkansas is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas (1920) as soldier, world war i (killed in action). The page shows the portrait and details printed in that source.

Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

225 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas · 11 more named Short

Full name: Abe Short
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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225 entries from the Arkansas roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) appear on this site, and Short puts Abe 170th among them. The entry is on page 116 of the scan; this site's entries from the book run from page 106 to page 117. In this list 36% of recorded outcomes (81 of 225) read killed in action, the same as Abe's. Sergeant is the printed rank of 12 out of 223 men here (5%), including Abe.

On the same scan page	Will T. Anderson, Coy E. Baker, Alvin S. Bates, Henry F. Carpenter and 14 more
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 81 of 225 with an outcome (36%)
Same rank	Sergeant: 12 of 223 with a printed rank (5%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas, page 116. View the original at the Internet Archive (item SoldiersOfTheGreatWarV1).

Published 1920, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Internet Archive via the Internet Archive.

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