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 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Eberwine First and Middle Name Vernon Gaskin Nicknames or Other Names N/a Birth Date 2/4/1896 Birthplace Suffolk, VA Hometown Bennetts Creek VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? N/a Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? N 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Y Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Chief Petty Officer Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? N/a Death Date 12/17/1962 Cause of Death Heart Attack Place of Death Suffolk, VA Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Worked as a farmer in Suffolk, VA Chairman of the Nansemond County Board of Supervisors A member of the State Board of Agriculture and the Tidewater Virginia Development Council Served on the board of directors of Louise Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Va. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Navy Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Additional Notes *Not listed as an ex-classmate County and/or State Nansemond County VA Parents John George and Annah Mildred Gaskins Eberwine Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. “Eberwine, Vernon Gaskin,” VPI in World War One, accessed November 7, 2017, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/107. 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 Eberwine, Vernon Gaskin