Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas

Porter E. Willis

Private Porter E. Willis of Heber Springs, Arkansas is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas (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

225 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas · 20 more named Willis

Full name: Porter E. Willis
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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225 entries from the Arkansas roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) appear on this site, and Willis puts Porter 219th among them. Turn the scan to page 115 for Porter; this site found the book's entries between pages 106 and 117. 186 of the 223 men with a rank printed in this list (83%) held the rank of Private, as Porter did. The volume marks 81 of 225 men as killed in action (36%), Porter included.

On the same scan page	William Y. Hogue, Otey B. Nowlin, Sebastian M. Shelley, James O. Walker and 15 more
Same rank	Private: 186 of 223 with a printed rank (83%)
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 81 of 225 with an outcome (36%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Arkansas, page 115. 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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