Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Michigan

Edwin L. Mertens

Corporal Edwin L. Mertens of Detroit, Michigan is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Michigan (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

528 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Michigan · 1 more named Mertens

Full name: Edwin L. Mertens
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Michigan
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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Of the 528 entries from the Michigan roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) that have pages here, Edwin is 305th in surname order. Turn the scan to page 58 for Edwin; this site found the book's entries between pages 47 and 77. Corporal is the printed rank of 67 out of 523 men here (13%), including Edwin. In this list 47% of recorded outcomes (249 of 527) read killed in action, the same as Edwin's. Detroit, Michigan is named as the residence of 37 other entries in this book on this site, besides Edwin.

On the same scan page	Paul E. Bashore, William Kahler, Clarence A. Malm, Tony Manocke and 14 more
Same rank	Corporal: 67 of 523 with a printed rank (13%)
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 249 of 527 with an outcome (47%)
Same residence	Detroit, Michigan: 37 other entries in this book

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Michigan, page 58. 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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