Lancaster, Jackson Guy

Title

Lancaster, Jackson Guy

Last Name

Lancaster

First and Middle Name

Jackson Guy

Hometown

Farmville, Virginia

VPI Graduating Class

1923

Undergraduate Major

Mechanical Engineering

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

Army

Unit

116th Infantry, 29th Division

Military Events

  • The 1923 VPI Bugle reports that Lancaster served on the Mexican Border in 1916 and 1917. Trained with the 116th Infantry, 29th Division in Alabama and went across with them for serice overseas.
  • Overseas 8 months

Files

Jackson Guy Lancaster portrait from the 1923 VPI Bugle.jpg
Jackson Guy Lancaster picture from the 1923 VPI Bugle.jpg
Jackson Guy Lancaster from the 1923 VPI Bugle.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Lancaster, Jackson Guy,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 21, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/1073.

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