https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/944986bdd72d318e5c90c189eb58edde.jpg b89e3bcabd913eead319f422a71c3e61 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/be5cab859ed2f62a33979f2b52df4ec1.jpg deb7e5afd283fd1fa84faac0725b3b7f https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/c0b454ea5658771b62bf5e16208c2dff.jpg 42142b94431abd32001d228de556a0c6 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/b19d76ec4dee630a15cc633d01ddca95.jpg b27ddbccda75c28220d85e8da8de36ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Moore First and Middle Name Robert Catchings Nicknames or Other Names Rob Hometown East Falls Church, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922, however Moore was originally a member of the class of 1920 until he left VPI in 1917 in order to join the Marines. Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Horticulture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? United States Marine Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company C, 5th Machine Gun Battalion (5th Marine Brigade), 2nd Division Additional Notes Robert Moore's scrapbook he kept during his years in school is held in Virginia Tech's Special Collections archives. Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Left France to return to the United States on the <em>U.S.S. Siboney</em> Birth Date 1898 Spouse(s) Anna Lee Hawkins (married on 13 Dec 1924 in Montgomery County, VA) Death Date 31 Aug 1988 (living at 1007 South Main Street, Blacksburg, VA at the time of death), he is buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg Children Robert C. Moore Jr. (born 23 Aug 1925 in Blacksburg VA, died on 11 Mar 1981) and Noble L. Moore Parents Noble Moore (father) and Josephine C. Smith (mother maiden name) Occupation After graduation he served as a professor of horticulture at VPI until his retirement Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Moore, Robert Catchings