Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: North Carolina

Joseph C. Elam

Private Joseph C. Elam of Statesville, North Carolina is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: North Carolina (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

505 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: North Carolina · 3 more named Elam

Full name: Joseph C. Elam
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: North Carolina
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (died of disease), 1920

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Going through the North Carolina roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) from A to Z, Joseph is the 112th of 505 names on this site. Find Joseph on page 386 of the scan, in a book whose entries here run from page 382 to page 409. The rank Private appears 389 times in the 502 entries that print a rank (77%), Joseph's included. In this list 18% of recorded outcomes (93 of 504) read dead of disease, the same as Joseph's.

On the same scan page	Walter H. Corbett, William C. Davidson, Foster C. Davis, Reuben E. Davis and 13 more
Same rank	Private: 389 of 502 with a printed rank (77%)
Recorded outcome	dead of disease: 93 of 504 with an outcome (18%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: North Carolina, page 386. 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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