http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/e817ec25fe1edf18eb7bc5f59a89ac1c.jpg cd720ba981c4918b2b40bd004625e479 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 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Pettit First and Middle Name John Riddick Hometown Suffolk, Virginia Birth Date 5 July 1894 Birthplace Suffolk, Virginia Death Date 18 August 1960 Parents William John Pettit and Rosa M. Riddick Spouse(s) Claudia Deane Children Hulda Deane Pettit VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but did attend VPI during the 1912-1913 school year. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Navy Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Headquarters 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia; Naval Operating Base at Hampton Roads, Virginia Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Chief Master at Arms 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Bibliography <ul> <li>Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947 for John Riddick Pettet (see file attached)</li> <li><a href="https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/62834e04-4638-49b8-ae9a-9baa914ad090" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Bugle, 1913 yearbook, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia), pg. 123. </a></li> </ul> 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 Pettit, John Riddick