https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/97ddc62d2676f87d2f0520a6949f408e.jpg 035056a5fc85ddba89450282b73db0bc https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/6d1fcff701719bb46d39127a5731112a.jpg f74c8eb07fd38ccd0c6335baecfce05a 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 1907 Person An individual. Last Name Holmes First and Middle Name Forrest Shepperson VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1907 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? 305th Military Police, 80th Division Hometown Pine, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Biographical Text Forrest Shepperson Holmes of Pulaski Virginia was among the men of VPI graduating class of 1907 who went over to Europe to fight in WWI. He survived the war, married, had two children and died of natural causes in 1971. County and/or State Pulaski County, Virignia Birth Date 12.31.1884 Birthplace Pulaski County, Virginia Death Date 11.6.1971 Cause of Death Natural Causes Place of Death Hyattsville, Maryland Parents Father: Joseph Anderson Holmes - born 4.10.1854, died 3.14.1948 Mother: Eulalia Cora Holmes (nee Shepperson) - born 11.16.1857, died 7.10.1896 Siblings Sister: Margaret Elizabeth Holmes - born 7.19.1886, died 4.28.1978 Sister: Olivia L. Holmes - born 12.1887, death unknown Brother: Joseph Clarence Holmes - born 10.7.1889, died 1.18.1962 Sister: Sadie W. Holmes - born 8.1894, death unknown Sister: Mary L. Holmes - born 8.1894, death unknown Brother: Atchley Irvin Holmes - born 6.7.1896, died 8.25.1921 Spouse(s) Miriam N. Holmes - born 11.2.1894, died 4.2.1992 Children Daughter: Margaret V. Holmes - born 1917, death unknown Son: Forrest S. Holmes Jr. - born 9.20.1922, died 11.7.2007 Additional Notes Served in France from 1918-1919 Secretary and Treasurer of VPI Pulaski Club Contributing Researchers Liv Wisnewski Bibliography 1907 Virginia Tech Bugle Find a Grave Index Maryland Military Men list, 1917-1918 1930 United States Census Seymore / Walenter Family Tree 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 Holmes, Forrest Shepperson