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Dublin Core
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Title
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VPI Class of 1923
Person
An individual.
Last Name
Rice
First and Middle Name
Walter Leonard
Hometown
Appomattox, Virginia
VPI Graduating Class
In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from?
1923, attended VPI after serving in World War I
Undergraduate Major
What did this individual major in while at VPI?
Agronomy
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?
5th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division
Rank
What military rank did this individual hold?
Lieutenant
Military Events
What significant military events occurred in this individual's life?
According to the 1923 VPI Bugle yearbook Rice was severely wounded in the left ankle while leading his platoon in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He was sent back to the United States as a casualty.
Battles or Engagements
What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One?
Served in the Mexican border. In September 1917 he was sent to France and served in the Toul-Troyon, Aisne, Aisne-Marne (Belleau Wood and Cheateau-Thierry), and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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Title
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Rice, Walter Leonard