Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri

Otto E. Poertner

Private Otto E. Poertner of Boonville, Missouri is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri (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

572 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri · 1 more named Poertner

Full name: Otto E. Poertner
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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This site lists 572 people from the Missouri roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920); sorted by surname, Otto comes 406th. Turn the scan to page 167 for Otto; this site found the book's entries between pages 144 and 177. In this list 42% of recorded outcomes (237 of 568) read killed in action, the same as Otto's. Among the 560 entries with a rank, 77% (432) say Private; Otto is one.

On the same scan page	Roy D. Bryant, Frank W. Peery, Charles A. Pettey, Archie Phillips and 14 more
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 237 of 568 with an outcome (42%)
Same rank	Private: 432 of 560 with a printed rank (77%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Missouri, page 167. 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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