Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky

Willie Purvis

Sergeant Willie Purvis of Crestwood, Kentucky is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky (1920) as soldier, world war i (died of accident). The page shows the portrait and details printed in that source.

Soldier, World War I (died of accident), 1920

479 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky · 4 more named Purvis

Full name: Willie Purvis
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (died of accident), 1920

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This site lists 479 people from the Kentucky roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920); sorted by surname, Willie comes 330th. On the scan the entry sits on page 405, among entries that run from page 386 to page 413. Of 477 men whose outcome is recorded in this volume's list, 9 (2%) are marked dead by accident, as Willie is. Willie is listed as Sergeant, a rank shared by 31 others among the 472 entries here that print one (7%).

On the same scan page	Alvin L. Hubbard, Vernon T. Parker, Jayhew Patton, Leslie C. Pearson and 14 more
Recorded outcome	dead by accident: 9 of 477 with an outcome (2%)
Same rank	Sergeant: 32 of 472 with a printed rank (7%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Kentucky, page 405. 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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