Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Virginia

Thomas J. Overton

Private Thomas J. Overton of Scottsburg, Virginia is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Virginia (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

420 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Virginia · 3 more named Overton

Full name: Thomas J. Overton
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Virginia
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (killed in action), 1920

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420 entries from the Virginia roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920) appear on this site, and Overton puts Thomas 300th among them. Find Thomas on page 380 of the scan, in a book whose entries here run from page 360 to page 399. 313 of the 413 men with a rank printed in this list (76%) held the rank of Private, as Thomas did. 161 out of 403 recorded outcomes in this list are killed in action (40%); Thomas's is one.

On the same scan page	George D. Neale, Burt Nicewander, Richard M. Norfleet, William L. Norris and 9 more
Same rank	Private: 313 of 413 with a printed rank (76%)
Recorded outcome	killed in action: 161 of 403 with an outcome (40%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Virginia, page 380. View the original at the Internet Archive (item SoldiersOfTheGreatWarV3).

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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