Owens, George Raymond

Title

Owens, George Raymond

Last Name

Owens

First and Middle Name

George Raymond

Nicknames or Other Names

"Tige"

Hometown

Wytheville, VA

Birth Date

9/17/1895

Birthplace

Wytheville, VA

Death Date

12/13/1976

Cause of Death

N/a

Place of Death

Asheville, NC

VPI Graduating Class

1917

Undergraduate Major

Electrical Engineering

Graduated

Y

Service Branch

Army

Unit

Infantry

Rank

Captain

Retired Rank

Retired a Colonel

Postwar Life

Continued to serve

1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet

Y

Files

George Raymond Owens from the 1917 Bugle (2).jpg
George Raymond Owens from the 1917 Bugle (3).jpg
George Raymond Owens from the 1917 Bugle.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Owens, George Raymond,” VPI in World War I, accessed May 7, 2024, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/147.

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