Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois

Willis A. Patterson

Private Willis A. Patterson of Bluford, Illinois is listed in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois (1920) as soldier, world war i (wounded in action). The page shows the portrait and details printed in that source.

Soldier, World War I (wounded in action), 1920

752 people in Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois · 51 more named Patterson

Full name: Willis A. Patterson
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois
Listed as: Soldier, World War I (wounded in action), 1920

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In the alphabetical roll of 752 names from the Illinois roll in Soldiers of the Great War (1920), Willis stands 510th. Turn the scan to page 267 for Willis; this site found the book's entries between pages 234 and 280. Willis is listed as Private, a rank shared by 586 others among the 729 entries here that print one (81%). 106 out of 750 recorded outcomes in this list are wounded in action (14%); Willis's is one.

On the same scan page	Joseph V. Leech, Benjamin Paganini, John Papas, Frank B. Parker and 13 more
Same rank	Private: 587 of 729 with a printed rank (81%)
Recorded outcome	wounded in action: 106 of 750 with an outcome (14%)

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Soldiers of the Great War, 1920: Illinois, page 267. 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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