Turpin, Ralph E.

Title

Turpin, Ralph E.

Last Name

Turpin

First and Middle Name

Ralph E.

Nicknames or Other Names

"Toothpicks"

VPI Graduating Class

1919

Service Branch

Army

Unit

Medical Corps at base hospital at Fort Ontario, New York

Rank

Private

Military Events

Tried to enlist multiple times until he finally succeed in joining the Medical Corps. Was sent to Yale University Laboratory School before he went to Fort Ontario, New York.

Files

Ralph E. Turpin from the 1919 VPI Bugle picture.jpg
Ralph E. Turpin from the 1919 VPI Bugle.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Turpin, Ralph E.,” VPI in World War I, accessed May 6, 2024, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/805.

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