Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois

Elmer Vance

Private Elmer Vance of Virden, Illinois is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois (1920) as soldier, world war i (died of disease). The page shows the portrait and details printed in that source.

Soldier, World War I (died of disease), 1920

752 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois · 8 more named Vance

Full name: Elmer Vance
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (died of disease), 1920

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This site lists 752 people from the Illinois roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920); sorted by surname, Elmer comes 688th. In the scan, Elmer appears on page 276, within pages 234 to 280 of the 752 entries read for this site. The volume marks 200 of 750 men as dead of disease (27%), Elmer included. Elmer is listed as Private, a rank shared by 586 others among the 729 entries here that print one (81%).

On the same scan page	Roy Solomon Hart, Peter Umathum, Geo Usherwood, Joseph Vaira and 13 more
Recorded outcome	dead of disease: 200 of 750 with an outcome (27%)
Same rank	Private: 587 of 729 with a printed rank (81%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois, page 276. 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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