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Crabill, Edwin Blake

Title

Crabill, Edwin Blake

Last Name

Crabill

First and Middle Name

Edwin Blake

Nicknames or Other Names

"Blake"

Hometown

Galax, VA

Birth Date

6/2/1894

Birthplace

Carroll, VA

Death Date

12/7/1985

Cause of Death

N/a

Place of Death

Palm Beach, FL

VPI Graduating Class

1917

Undergraduate Major

Agriculture

Graduated

Y

Service Branch

Army

Unit

Infantry

Rank

Captain

Retired Rank

Retired a Colonel

Military Events

Training May 1917

Other Events

Served on the Kronberg Jewel Theft Trial in 1946

Postwar Life

Continued to serve

1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet

Y

Files

Edwin Blake Crabill senior portrait from the 1917 Bugle (2).jpg

Edwin Blake Crabill photograph from the 1917 Bugle (3).jpg

Edwin Blake Crabill from the 1917 Bugle.jpg

Collection

VPI Class of 1917

Citation

“Crabill, Edwin Blake,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 21, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/100.

Output Formats

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