Smith, Warner Waring

Title

Last Name

Smith

First and Middle Name

Warner Waring

Hometown

Goochland, Virginia

Birth Date

Feburary 3, 1892

Birthplace

Goochland, Virginia

VPI Graduating Class

1919

Service Branch

Reserve Officers

Unit

77th Infantry at Camp Custer, Michigan

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Military Events

Drafted and sent to Camp Lee where he was made a Color Sergeant in the Headquarters Company, 38th Regiment. he entered the third Officers' Training Corps and received his commission in June 1918. Stayed in the infantry replacement camp until July and was then transferred to Camp Custer, Michigan to the 77th Infantry where he was promoted to first lieutenant in November 1918.

Files

Warner W. Smith from the 1919 VPI Bugle picture.jpg

Warner W. Smith from the 1919 VPI Bugle.jpg

Warner W. Smith WW1 Questionairre - VPI Class of 1919- pg 1.tif

Warner W. Smith WW1 Questionairre - VPI Class of 1919- pg 2.tif

Collection

VPI Class of 1919

Citation

“Smith, Warner Waring,” VPI in World War I, accessed May 7, 2024, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/797.

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