Smithers, Marion Wilkins
Title
Smithers, Marion Wilkins
Last Name
Smithers
First and Middle Name
Marion Wilkins
Hometown
Richmond, Virginia
County and/or State
Virginia
Birth Date
March, 23, 1900
Birthplace
Richmond, Virginia
Parents
John W. Smithers and Mary Bowels Smithers
VPI Graduating Class
1922
Undergraduate Major
Mechanical Engineering
Graduated
Yes
Service Branch
Army - in the VPI Students Army Training Corps (SATC)
Unit
Company C, VPI Student's Army Training Corps
Rank
Private
Military Events
Entered Student's Army Training Corps at Christiansburg, Virginia on October 22, 1918 and left when SATC was disbanded on December 7, 1918
Postwar Life
Smithers remained at VPI after the war ended, graduating in 1922. He said of the SATC that it "could have been more suitably named 'Stuck At The College."
Files
Collection
Citation
“Smithers, Marion Wilkins,” VPI in World War I, accessed April 20, 2024, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/1064.
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