Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky

Ernest C. Purdon

Private Ernest C. Purdon of Maysville, Kentucky is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky (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

479 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky · 1 more named Purdon

Full name: Ernest C. Purdon
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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Ernest C. Purdon is number 328 of 479 in the alphabetical list of the Kentucky roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) on this site. Turn the scan to page 405 for Ernest; this site found the book's entries between pages 386 and 413. 211 out of 477 recorded outcomes in this list are killed in action (44%); Ernest's is one. Among the 472 entries with a rank, 80% (376) say Private; Ernest is one.

On the same scan page	Alvin L. Hubbard, Vernon T. Parker, Jayhew Patton, Leslie C. Pearson and 14 more
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 211 of 477 with an outcome (44%)
Same rank	Private: 376 of 472 with a printed rank (80%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky, page 405. View the original at the Internet Archive (item SoldiersOfTheGreatWarV1).

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