Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kansas

Homer J. Ball

Private Homer J. Ball of Emporia, Kansas is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kansas (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

313 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kansas · 34 more named Ball

Full name: Homer J. Ball
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kansas
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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In the alphabetical roll of 313 names from the Kansas roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920), Homer stands 14th. Homer is on scan page 369; the book's entries on this site span pages 362 to 378. Among the 307 entries with a rank, 75% (230) say Private; Homer is one. 120 out of 312 recorded outcomes in this list are killed in action (38%); Homer's is one. Emporia, Kansas is named as the residence of 4 other entries in this book on this site, besides Homer.

On the same scan page	Paul S. Irwin, Albert G. Isaacson, Charles T. Jessop, Victor Johnson and 12 more
Same rank	Private: 230 of 307 with a printed rank (75%)
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 120 of 312 with an outcome (38%)
Same residence	Emporia, Kansas: 4 other entries in this book

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kansas, page 369. 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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