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