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Philpotts, Alvin Thornton

Title

Philpotts, Alvin Thornton

Last Name

Philpotts

First and Middle Name

Alvin Thornton

Hometown

Norfolk, Virginia

VPI Graduating Class

1914

Undergraduate Major

Mechanical Engineering

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

Army

Unit

319th Infantry, 80th Division

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Files

Alvin Thornton Philpotts senior portrait from the 1914 VPI Bugle.jpg

Alvin Thornton Philpotts picture from the 1914 VPI Bugle.jpg

Alvin Thornton Philpotts from the 1914 VPI Bugle.jpg

Collection

VPI Class of 1914

Citation

“Philpotts, Alvin Thornton,” VPI in World War I, accessed January 30, 2025, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/259.

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