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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
VPI Unknown Graduating Classes and Employees
Person
An individual.
Last Name
Newton
First and Middle Name
Albert Chatman
Hometown
Fork Union, Virginia
County and/or State
Virginia
Birth Date
July 13, 1895
Death Date
December 11, 1945
Place of Death
Roanoke, Virginia
Parents
Joseph and Annie Newton
VPI Graduating Class
In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from?
Unknown
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?
Company A, 318th Regiment, 80th Division
Rank
What military rank did this individual hold?
Private
Military Events
What significant military events occurred in this individual's life?
Was under medical care at Base Hospital 33 in Brest, France from June 3, 1918 - July 25, 1918; likely for tuberculosis which he again received treatment for after the war
Reported that he suffered from a "physical breakdown" one month after returning from France and he also indicated that he had not fully recovered from his wound as late as October 1921.
Wounded by shrapnel in the Bois de Fays during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on October 5, 1918
Battles or Engagements
What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One?
Arras Sector, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Postwar Life
What did this individual do after the war?
Attended Virginia Tech after the war
Bibliography
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990006708240205756&context=L&vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en&search_scope=MyInstitution_noAER&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,newton&sortby=title&offset=10">Albert Newton's Virginia World War I History Survey</a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4854215.html">History of the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division, 1917-1919</a></li>
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Newton, Albert Chatman
questionnaire
wounded