About
Contact
For more information about VPI in World War One or to ask about how you can contribute to the project please contact vpiww1@vt.edu.
If you are interested in helping us research VPI World War I veterans or if you are a family member/descendant of a Virginia Tech World War I veteran and wish to provide us information, then please use the following link to submit any information you wish to provide.
Virginia Tech World War I Veteran Information Survey
Once you have submitted this information we will make every effort to update our database in a timely manner.
Our Resources
- Virginia Tech Bugle, Virginia Tech Special Collections
- Many pictures of the veterans on this database are from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Bugle and have been provided by Virginia Tech Special Collections.
- Virginia World War I History Commission Questionnaires, Library of Virginia
- The Virginia Tech, campus newspaper, 1916-1919, microfilm located in Newman Library
- Ancestry.com
Special Thanks To
- Virginia Tech History First Year Experience Course
- Virginia Tech Special Collections
- Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
Credits
Daniel Newcomb, Dr. Tom Ewing, Nick Runkle, Connor Skelly, Gregory Millhister, Nate Holcomb (intern), Joshua Buckingham (intern), Jenny Nehrt (intern), Scott Fralin, Patrick Tomlin, Amanda French, Dr. Trudy Harrington-Becker, Virginia Tech History Class of 2020, and Virginia Tech History Freshman Class of 2021.