1 20 100 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 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Altizer First and Middle Name Clarence Stanley VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Drafted as Private, ended war as Sergeant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army, National Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Headquarters Company, 317th Infantry, 80th Division Hometown Cambria, Virginia Birth Date 20 January 1892 Death Date 13 July 1940 Spouse(s) Ida Mae Altizer Children Sara Mae Woolwine Stanlia Frances Wirt Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? 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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 Andrews, H. S. 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 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Arthur First and Middle Name James S. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 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? 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Last Name Bailey First and Middle Name Francis William Hometown Winchester, Virginia County and/or State Frederick Nicknames or Other Names Frank, "The Judge" Birth Date July 24, 1887 Birthplace Frederick County, Virginia Death Date October 12, 1968 Cause of Death Prostate Cancer with Widespread Metastasis Place of Death Winchester, Virginia Parents Jesse R. Bailey and Carrie Belle Perkins Siblings Marianna, Catherine, Alice, Walter, and Carrie Spouse(s) Alice Shyrock Children Frank, Walter, Ralph, and Stewart VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? Class of 1915 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mining Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? yes Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Before he went to college, he worked as a school teacher. 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Last Name Bailey First and Middle Name John Walter Birth Date 18 September 1896 Birthplace Maybrook, Virginia (Giles County, Virginia) Death Date 21 November 1955 Place of Death Blacksburg, Virginia Children Irene Della Bailey Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? 1915 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but attended VPI in 1911 and 1912. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Central Officers Training School Camp at Camp Lee, Virginia Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Cook Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Enlistment date - 5 September 1917 and discharged 10 January 1919 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? 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Beckner First and Middle Name Moorman Cephas Hometown Richmond, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1915 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Engineers Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered training camp in May 1917 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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Infantry Hometown South Richmond, Virginia Birth Date 2 May 1893 Birthplace Chesterfield County, Virginia Death Date 22 January 1956 Place of Death Cohassett, Massachusetts Parents Albert Ralph Bellwood and Atlanta Lucretia Bellwood Spouse(s) Isabel Holmes Bellwood Children Bonney Bacon and Helen Isabel Hubbard Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but attended VPI in 1912. Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Trained at Camp Lee, Virginia; Camp Jackson, South Carolina, and Camp Taylor, Kentucky 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 Bellwood, Arthur Bonney 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 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Bennett First and Middle Name Walter VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 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? Motor Truck Detachment 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 Bliss First and Middle Name Norman Willard Hometown Sterling, Virginia Birth Date 18 August 1893 Birthplace Rosemond, Illinois VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but attended VPI in 1911 and 1912. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Navy Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Served on the USS Sylph from 6 April 1917 to 22 May 1917 Served on USS Triton from 22 May 1917 to 10 July 1917 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Electrician 1st Class Radio Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Discharged on 15 December 1917 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? 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Bradley First and Middle Name James Carl Hometown Abingdon, Virginia Birth Date 31 August 1893 Death Date 5 February 1963 Place of Death Pinellas, Florida VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but attended VPI in 1911 and 1912. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company A, 17th Engineers (Railway) Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered service on 19 July 1917 and discharged on 14 April 1919. Trained at Camp Lee, Virginia. Served in France. Shipped back to the US from France on the Susquehanna on 10 March 1919. 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Last Name Brent First and Middle Name Joseph Warren Hometown The Plains, Virginia (lived in New Jersey at the time of the war) Birth Date 25 August 1891 Birthplace The Plains, Virginia Death Date July 1974 Place of Death New Haven Connecticut Parents Lawrence Decatur Brent and Eliza Gordon Murray Spouse(s) Hazel Searle VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but attended VPI in 1911 and 1913. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 313th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Corporal Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Served in France. 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Brown First and Middle Name Briscoe Baldwin VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Battery E, 137th Field Artillery, 38th Division Hometown Goshen, Virginia Birth Date 25 April 1893 Birthplace Glasgow, Virginia Death Date 8 February 1964 Parents Robert Brown and Rosa Brown Spouse(s) Cora Lester Children Briscoe B. Brown Jr. Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but attended VPI in 1912. Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? 1st Lieutenant (starting on 29 October 1918. Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Bruce First and Middle Name Fisher Watkins Hometown Chester, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1915 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Field Artillery Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant 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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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Bruce First and Middle Name Rowlett Henry Hometown Chester, Virginia Siblings <a href="http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/admin/items/show/193">Fisher Bruce Watkins</a>, VPI Class of 1915 VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1915 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Coast Artillery Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant 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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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Budwell First and Middle Name Leigh Ragland VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Hometown Roanoke, Virginia County and/or State Roanoke County, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mechanical Engineering 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/. 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Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 77th Field Artillery, 4th Division Hometown Roanoke, Virginia Birth Date 9 January 1894 Death Date 7 April 1927 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but attended VPI in 1912. Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Captain 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 Burke, Herbert Johnson https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/0efa35959a7f9e1061a9d51e84c6c247.jpg 6b9e25875e806d89e1d919f3e0a60013 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/f445d3c5bf4620c6fb4427cbc877ab71.jpg b30b6fe3db2816590e6b76ba7fb59220 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 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Burwell First and Middle Name John Armistead, Jr. Hometown Upperville, Virginia Birth Date 16 April 1891 Birthplace Lancaster Virginia Death Date 20 December 1952 Place of Death North Carolina (buried in Upperville, Virginia) Siblings Edward B. Burwell (VPI Class of 1916), Howard S. Burwell, and William C. Burwell Spouse(s) Lucy Cale Powell (married 18 October 1927 in Vance, North Carolina) Children John Armistead Burwell Jr.; Robert Powell Burwell VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company D, 5th Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant 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? No Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Sent to France on the Ulysses on 30 September 1918, departing from Brooklyn, NY. 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 Burwell, John Armistead