2 20 73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name St. Clair First and Middle Name James K. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Headquarters, 1st Depot Division Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. Clair, James K. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name St. Clair First and Middle Name H. L. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Naval Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Aviation (United States Marine Corps Reserve) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. Clair, H. L. https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a62ac9149a3ab37619ff53edeb77e6c5.tif 6c2c942c99d6f44fd9405e44349f3e95 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/fdf34c14379277a6959f408bf9add5d3.tif 73412aa2ad270953e6ef65147dac2f9f https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/994b746ffa7dd0eb1ac99affb1b6c381.tif 20b955d59397fa1f4b434cc98bd55b38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Southall First and Middle Name Lawrence Temple VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private, Corporal (June 1, 1918) Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 155th Depot Brigade, 80th Division and then transferred to Company F, 320th Regiment, 8th Division on April 19, 1918 Hometown New Kent, Virginia Birth Date February 27, 1896 Birthplace New Kent, Virginia Parents R. Temple Southall and Kate McMian Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? First went into action on July 23, 1918 at Rausant and particpated in the Somme Offensive, St. Mihiel Offnesive, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Southall indicates that he was wounded during his time in service, writing that his gas mask and helment were bouth wounded by shrapnel. Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Worked as an electric motor tester. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Southall, Lawrence Temple questionnaire wounded https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/6cc7faf9be67e173724b81a1a621e7fd.jpg 12e1c638782863209f01cbd568992adc https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/1359c5fb2653e67b76c853b4567735b1.jpg 4f743daaf8dbdab1da81ac329a262c73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Smith First and Middle Name Reginald Wingfield VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Cause of Death Died of blood poisoning while at home from VPI Hometown Big Stone Gap, Virginia County and/or State Wise County, Virginia Birth Date 23 August 1899 Birthplace Gilley, Virginia Death Date 4 June 1918 Place of Death Big Stone Gap, Virginia Parents Malcolm Macauley Smith and Birdie Richmond Wax 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Yes Additional Notes Name listed on the Virginia Tech Pylons Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army SATC Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Students Army Training Corps at VPI Bibliography <ul> <li>"Reginald Smith Dead." Big Stone Gap Post. Volume 26, Number 23. 5 June 1918. (see attached file)</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Smith, Reginald Wingfield died in service https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/c881dd2d44e7881e27ee2b7aeea907f6.jpg eb018a88da01b4e18eb92df2c57ff497 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/56a95dc828284b842549de52e4915726.jpg 2f6b8dc8ec8dd5260b86f0e963fbbed7 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/860c59d0b7cfe2abb27e5e5750a74b29.jpg 85b37b644608c2b74b16630bfd7b1a0a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Slusser First and Middle Name Guy Stafford VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Hometown Blacksburg, Virginia County and/or State Montgomery County, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Applied Chemistry Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Slusser, Guy Stafford Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Scott First and Middle Name B. P. L. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Naval Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Aviation (United States Marine Corps Reserve) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Scott, B. P. L. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Schackelford First and Middle Name Macfarland VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Coast Artillery Biographical Text One of the VPI graduating class of 1920, Macfarland Shackelford was sent over to Europe to fight in WWI. He survived the war, was married and had one child before dying in 1990. H was from South Carolina. Nicknames or Other Names Gun Hometown Charleston Ward 2 County and/or State Charleston, South Carolina Birth Date 2.4.1899 Birthplace South Carolina Death Date 3.6.1990 Parents Father: W. W. Shackelford - born 4.27.1858, died 10.10.1941 Mother: Susan M. Shackelford - born 8.30.1867, died 8.81948 Siblings Brother: Randolph Shackelford - born 6.6.1890, death unknown Brother: Willis W. Shackelford - born 4.19.1893, died 8.1984 Brother: Stephen F. Shackelfod - born 1.12.1896, died 8.28.1962 Spouse(s) Mary Adelaide Shackelford - born 8.24.1902, died 2.18.1925 Children Macfarland Shackelford Jr. - born 1929, died 1993 Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? He returned to Virginia Tech, as he appears in the 1919 Bugle Additional Notes When the death record for Mary Adelaide was discovered she was listed as Macfarla Shackelford, wife to Macfarland Shackelford Contributing Researchers Liv Wisnewski Bibliography Virginia Tech 1919 Bugle 1910 United States Census United States World War I Draft Registration Card South Carolina Death Record Social Security Claims and Index Find a Grave Index Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Rowe First and Middle Name Josiah P. Jr. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army, Air Service Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 147th Pursuit Squadron Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Noted in <em>The Virginia Tech</em> as flying on the Italian Front as of 31 January 1918. Biographical Text 1st Lieutenant, Army Air Service. Left school early, accepted into pilot training, sent to Foggia, Italy for combat indoctrination, then Issoudon,France. Flew combat missions with the 147th Pursuit Squadron in the SPAD XIII Oct-Nov ’18. Daughter wrote famous book, “Letters from a World War One Aviator.” Became editor of the Fredericksburg “Free-Lance Star.” Mayor of Fredericksburg. Flew the Farman trainer, Nieuport trainer and SPAD XIII.<br /> <ul> <li>Research and text by Joseph Reich</li> </ul> Contributing Researchers Joseph Reich Bibliography <ul> <li>Pilots of the 147th Aero Squadron around a Spad, taken on 18 October 1918 near Rebercourt, France, US Signal Corps Archive (Rowe is the second to last airman squatting on the far right of this photograph): <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55218628">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55218628</a></li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rowe, Josiah P. Jr. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Richardson First and Middle Name Robert A. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Storekeeper Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Navy Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Hometown Montgomery, Virginia County and/or State Virginia Birth Date 1899 Parents Mother: Nannie S. Richardson Siblings Millie Richardson Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richardson, R. A. https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/0bd84940207335ed1fd21612a1754119.jpg 9d2160ae0c3face6c4b3745aa0cfc151 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/04f8eacd95362f6ef8a2efcbeb4941fb.jpg 8a3e8f55c8e9cd1c62fdcdd7c85c462a https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/22311567eeabf113945306ccb350ac85.jpg 95e139ea5862ce99dd3724d1bf08b190 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Powers First and Middle Name John Temple, Jr. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? National Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Nicknames or Other Names JT Hometown Richmond Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Birth Date April 4, 1897 Death Date December 26, 1980 Cause of Death Stroke Place of Death Richmond, Virginia Spouse(s) Gertrude Brooking Powers Children Nancy C. Powers Parents John Temple Powers and Lillie Virginia Cavedo Powers Gruner Siblings Margaret Virginia Powers, Russell Ross Powers, and Lemuel Meredith Powers County and/or State Henrico County, Virginia Birthplace Richmond, Virginia Bibliography - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 - Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 - 1900 United States Federal Census - 1910 United States Federal Census - 1930 United States Federal Census - 1940 United States Federal Census Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Registered for World War I draft on June 4, 1918 and World War II draft in 1942 Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Powers father John Temple Powers Sr. died in 1904, leaving his mother a widow and him and his three siblings fatherless. He then attended Virginia Tech from 1916 to 1920 when he graduated. His mother Lillie remarried Louis Gruner prior to 1920. However, in 1928 Louis Gruner died, leaving Lillie a widow yet again. John and his wife Gertrude along with their daughter Nancy moved in with Lillie into the same house John grew up in. They remained there with Lillie until she died in 1954. Occupation Worked in the Federal Reserve Bank after the war Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Powers, John Temple Jr. https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/6e2fb81302f0deb54121583300efe3d4.gif 8da2247fedcd58fd169435c0bab55e76 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a6f3ef0e63b66e96375ea18e1faa03dc.jpg 71c2abda326294ea26c69b66de94e947 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Plank First and Middle Name Reyzin Floyd VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Student Aviators Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Nicknames or Other Names Floyd, R. Floyd Hometown Barbourville County and/or State Knox County, Kentucky Birth Date May 21, 1892 (WW2 Draft Card) May 23, 1892 (WW1 Draft Card) May 22, 1891 (TN Delayed Birth Certificate) Birthplace TN (WW1 draft card) or KY(Census) or Clairborne, TN (TN delayed birth certificate and VT Special Collections project on the Lyric Theatre) Death Date January 14, 1977 Cause of Death Cardio-respiratory arrest Place of Death Blacksburg, Virginia Parents Newton W, Allie A Siblings Grace, Elizabeth, Mary Spouse(s) Elizabeth T. Plank Children Lucy B, Ellen T Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? <ul> <li>Enlisted January 24 1918, released December 4 1918</li> <li>Noted in <em>The Virginia Tech</em>, as being a student aviator awaiting the call as of 31 January 1918.</li> </ul> Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? R. Floyd Plank came to Blacksburg to work in a men’s clothing store. In 1917, when the owner of the store died, he took it over with the original owner’s nephew. He was drafted in WW1, and when he returned he bought out the other partner’s half of the store. He and a friend then converted the original space into a drug store and moved the men’s clothing store down College Ave. Within the next 20 years he established the Blacksburg Realty Corporation, owned the Lyric Theatre, and sat on the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Blacksburg. Plank was responsible for a lot of the development on Main St. near the College Ave. and Draper St. area. He was a charter member of the local chapter of the American Legion, as well as a member of the Rotary club and the Masons. Additional Notes Other than being listed in the 1917 Bugle as a honorary member of the German Club and listed under Student Aviators in the 1919 War Bugle, there is no indication in any other Bugle, nor the V.P.I. Catalogs that R. Floyd Plank was a student at V.P.I. Bibliography 1930 Census 1940 Census 1917 Bugle 1919 War Bugle The Lyric Theatre: A Look Back at the Beginnings U.S. Dept Veterans Affairs BIRLS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Plank, Floyd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Pittard First and Middle Name George VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Cause of Death Died of Disease Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? National Army Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pittard, George died in service https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/5e8ef202295fbf57db65cf819a912475.jpg 14491e3f8f56fb4ab552c7c36685b7cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Phillips First and Middle Name Enoch L. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Cause of Death Died of Spanish Flu while in training with the Students Army Training Corps at VPI. Hometown Floyd, Virginia Birth Date 31 July 1898 Death Date 16 October 1918 Place of Death Blacksburg, Virginia Parents William Jackson Phillips and Mary Catherine Kesler Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, died of disease in training with Students Army Training Corps at VPI. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army SATC Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Students Army Training Corps at VPI 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Yes Additional Notes Name listed on Virginia Tech Pylons Bibliography <ul> <li>"Died in the Service of their Country." The Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, Virginia. 31 October 1918, pg. 6. (see file attached)</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Phillips, Enoch L. died in service https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/40f41ca6ef2eae308e464dfb796ce5e3.jpg fd012ec165deb5f4233d1154581d8359 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/bb90513a97bdebca6f4f43ab8d5a9c40.jpg eccf872dd6ce0bb5794ad270fbf9be4d https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/fca527861e3c42e6861df9b31e9ad7ca.jpg 90bca8b6e370b901f19fa192a23162fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Parrish First and Middle Name George Frizzell VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Naval Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Hometown Bristol, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes County and/or State Virginia Birth Date March 23, 1987 Birthplace Washington Death Date September 27, 1971 Parents Abram Joseph Walker Parrish and Virginia Carrie "Jennie" Frizzell Spouse(s) Margaret I. Ellett Parrish Children Agnes Lynn Parrish Popp and Margaret Ingles Parrish Carey Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Last Name Nelson First and Middle Name Robert Rodes VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Coast Artillery Hometown Roanoke County and/or State Virginia Birth Date August 10, 1896 Contributing Researchers Reuben Slusher Death Date 14 July 1959 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nelson, Robert Rodes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Middleswart First and Middle Name William Herschel VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Ordnance County and/or State Tazewell Birth Date 10/19/1884 Birthplace Portland, Meigs County, Ohio Death Date 6/2/1964 Place of Death Florida; buried in Arlington, Virginia Spouse(s) Jane E. Middleswart Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Major General Contributing Researchers Sadie Slavin Bibliography U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2013 Find a Grave Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Middleswart, W. H. https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/977c046649af742c1f3f4936778b3494.jpg 7d8c49275a02b9aed5d64541b4fe1345 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maynard Brothers article from&nbsp;<em>The Virginia Tech,&nbsp;</em>17 October 1918 Description An account of the resource News article Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <em>The Virginia Tech</em> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 17 October 1918 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Maynard First and Middle Name Willard Glasgow VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Seaman Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Naval Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Bibliography Maynard Brothers article from <em>The Virginia Tech, </em>17 October 1918 Siblings Edwin B. Maynard (VPI, 1906), John B. Maynard (VPI, 1907) H. L Maynard, Jr. (VPI, 1910), and George C. Maynard (VPI, 1912), Ellenor Maynard Hometown Norfolk County and/or State Virginia Birth Date 7 May 1899 Birthplace Portsmouth, VA Death Date 29 Aug 1953 Place of Death Winter Park, Orange, Florida Parents Harry Lee Maynard and Mary E. Maynard Spouse(s) M. Jeanette Maynard Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? later served in WWII Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? After the war, Maynard spent time in Norfolk, New York, and New Orleans before moving to Florida around 1940. Because of his position in the Naval reserves he made trips to Honduras and other locations. Occupation "Underwriter" Additional Notes In the 1917 Bugle he was listed in “Company ‘D’” at VPI Part of the “Norfolk Club” Moved back to Norfolk and worked as an “Underwriter” Spent time in Honduras (returned in 1922) Contributing Researchers Elizabeth Sholtis 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? 141 Biographical Text Willard Glasgow Maynard was born May 7th, 1899 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Maynard attended VPI from 1916-1918. His father and all of his brothers also attended VPI. In the war, Maynard served in the naval reserves. At VPI he was part of the "Norfolk Club" after leaving VPI he went back to Norfolk and worked as an underwriter. He met his wife, Marie Jeanette Maynard and moved with her to Winter Park, Florida shortly after they married. Maynard registered for the Second World War draft while living in Florida with Jeanette. He died in 1953 in Winter Park, Florida. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maynard, W. G. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Mathews First and Middle Name W. M. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mathews, W. M. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Mack First and Middle Name Donald VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Signal Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Aviation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mack, Donald https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/6ef2999b2fc9f592879a9b4b5aedaf43.jpg 7b8c75df3e8bdfd4f7b72e58ecbd6082 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Long First and Middle Name Paul Chancellor VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Field Artillery Biographical Text P.C. Long, or Paul Chancellor Long, was born on the Fourth of July in 1896 in Roanoke to George and Rebecca Long. While attending VPI, Long was a member of the Roanoke Club and the German Club, and graduated in 1920. During the First World War, he served as a Second Lieutenant of the Field Artillery of the Reserve Officers of the United States. Following the war, Long married Anne Long, and had three children. Employed as a worker in the automobile industry and a mechanical engineer in an electrical appliance factory in St. Louis, Missouri during his life, Long spent the rest of his days in Dayton, Ohio, dying on June 25, 1951. Nicknames or Other Names Paul Chancellor Long Paul Chandelor Long Note: The entirety of the research of this was based on the identity of Paul Chancellor Long, who was a resident of Roanoke, and was found in the U.S. Army Register, Volumes 1-10, in which the information found matched the War Bugle of 1919's information. However, in the Bugle of 1917, there is an appearance of the name Paul Chandelor Long, a resident of Roanoke. In no other document available is this name found again. Hometown Roanoke County and/or State Virginia Birth Date July 4, 1896 Birthplace Roanoke, Virginia Death Date June 25, 1951 Place of Death Dayton, Ohio, USA Parents Mother: Rebecca Jane Long Father: George Alfred Long Siblings Thomas P. Long Jane Long Edith F. Long Virginia B. Long Mary W. Long Mattie E. Long Eugene R. Long Spouse(s) Emma Long Children Paul Long, Jr. Mary Jane Long George Long Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Employed by 4th Officers Training Camp, Camp Jackson, in Columbia, S.C., during 1918. Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Worked in the automobile industry in 1930, in St. Louis Missouri. Worked as a mechanical engineer in an electrical appliance factory in St. Louis, Missouri in 1940. Occupation Clerk at a railroad in 1920. Worked in the automobile industry in 1930, in St. Louis Missouri Worked as a mechanical engineer in an electrical appliance factory in St. Louis, Missouri in 1940. Contributing Researchers Sophia Rademaker Bibliography War Bugle, 1919 World War I Draft Registration Card 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 U.S. Federal Censuses 1951 U.S. Social Security Claim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Long, Paul Chancellor