https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/7870458058317846a4b838c033652483.jpg f9af0e5ef585a6e18420fd3a2b922024 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/9a16fcff4f56904570a2207c9ced5e8b.jpg 9063048e3a59c56d326e088f8c99b641 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/03a8fe3a07cde4376cab9ed55155742f.jpg 6c03a649aba9558cdd0e4fe464e8a75b https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/7f0c58f2eedc9c33057bf0e6f89cc080.jpg 78c10d0cd256195e67f7be81d721b9c5 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 1912 Person An individual. Last Name Hicks First and Middle Name Ernest Martin Hometown Poplar Hill, Virginia County and/or State Giles County, Virginia Birth Date 24 December 1889 Birthplace Poplar Hill, Virginia Death Date 5 October 1918 Cause of Death Influenza, Spanish Flu Place of Death Camp Lee, Virginia Parents Joseph Whitley Hicks and Julia Martin Wright VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1912 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture, entered the two year agriculture program in 1910 at VPI and appears in the Apprentice Class on page <a href="https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/eb64cd05-fc55-4df0-9fbd-f2842623ce87" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">141 of the 1911 VPI Bugle Yearbook</a> Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes 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? 17th Training Company, 154th Depot Brigade at Camp Lee, Virginia Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? <ul> <li>On his draft card Ernest Hicks indicated 1 year of military training at VPI</li> <li>Died of Spanish Flu during military training at Camp Lee, Virginia on 5 October 1918</li> </ul> Bibliography <ul> <li><a href="https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/eb64cd05-fc55-4df0-9fbd-f2842623ce87" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Virginia Polytechnic Institute Bugle Yearbook, 1911, page 141</a></li> <li>Ernest Martin Hicks, US Vetrans Affairs Administration Master Indext for Ernest Martin Hicks (see attached file)</li> <li>Ernest Martin Hicks, US Draft Registration Card (see attached file)</li> <li>Newspaper article about the death of Ernest Hicks, article incorrectly states taht Ernest was 22 years old at the time (see attached file)</li> </ul> 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 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 Hicks, Ernest Martin died in service