Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri

Columbus Thompson

Corporal Columbus Thompson of Anderson, Missouri is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri (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

572 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri · 185 more named Thompson

Full name: Columbus Thompson
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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Columbus Thompson is number 514 of 572 in the alphabetical list of the Missouri roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) on this site. Find Columbus on page 161 of the scan, in a book whose entries here run from page 144 to page 177. Among the 560 entries with a rank, 12% (69) say Corporal; Columbus is one. 237 out of 568 recorded outcomes in this list are killed in action (42%); Columbus's is one.

On the same scan page	Edward H. Alewel, Alfred Fluegel, Luther P. Martin, Daniel P. Massengill and 14 more
Same rank	Corporal: 69 of 560 with a printed rank (12%)
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 237 of 568 with an outcome (42%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri, page 161. View the original at the Internet Archive (item SoldiersOfTheGreatWarV2).

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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