Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky

Melvin G. York

Private Melvin G. York of Breeding, 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 · 17 more named York

Full name: Melvin G. York
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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Melvin G. York is number 475 of 479 in the alphabetical list of the Kentucky roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) on this site. On the scan the entry sits on page 413, among entries that run from page 386 to page 413. The volume marks 211 of 477 men as killed in action (44%), Melvin included. The rank Private appears 376 times in the 472 entries that print a rank (80%), Melvin's included.

On the same scan page	Asa Ariasmith, Roscoe Ashley, Robert O. Baughn, William B. Day and 12 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 413. View the original at the Internet Archive (item SoldiersOfTheGreatWarV1).

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