Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois

Lester Wood

Private Lester Wood of Lima, 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 · 139 more named Wood

Full name: Lester Wood
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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Lester Wood is number 735 of 752 in the alphabetical list of the Illinois roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) on this site. Find Lester on page 278 of the scan, in a book whose entries here run from page 234 to page 280. In this list 42% of recorded outcomes (312 of 750) read killed in action, the same as Lester's. The rank Private appears 587 times in the 729 entries that print a rank (81%), Lester's included.

On the same scan page	Charles V. Ledbetter, Louis J. Schaub, Barney Wichlacz, Joseph T. Wickler and 13 more
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 312 of 750 with an outcome (42%)
Same rank	Private: 587 of 729 with a printed rank (81%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois, page 278. 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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