Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois

Joseph J. Peterka

Private Joseph J. Peterka of Cicero, Illinois is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois (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

752 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois · 1 more named Peterka

Full name: Joseph J. Peterka
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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752 entries from the Illinois roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) appear on this site, and Peterka puts Joseph 519th among them. Joseph is on scan page 267; the book's entries on this site span pages 234 to 280. Among the 729 entries with a rank, 81% (587) say Private; Joseph is one. In this list 42% of recorded outcomes (312 of 750) read killed in action, the same as Joseph's.

On the same scan page	Joseph V. Leech, Benjamin Paganini, John Papas, Frank B. Parker and 13 more
Same rank	Private: 587 of 729 with a printed rank (81%)
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 312 of 750 with an outcome (42%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois, page 267. 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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