Burwell, John Armistead
Title
Burwell, John Armistead
Last Name
Burwell
First and Middle Name
John Armistead, Jr.
Hometown
Upperville, Virginia
Birth Date
16 April 1891
Birthplace
Lancaster Virginia
Death Date
20 December 1952
Place of Death
North Carolina (buried in Upperville, Virginia)
Siblings
Edward B. Burwell (VPI Class of 1916), Howard S. Burwell, and William C. Burwell
Spouse(s)
Lucy Cale Powell (married 18 October 1927 in Vance, North Carolina)
Children
John Armistead Burwell Jr.; Robert Powell Burwell
VPI Graduating Class
1915
Undergraduate Major
Electrical Engineering
Graduated
Yes
Service Branch
US Army
Unit
Company D, 5th Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Military Events
Sent to France on the Ulysses on 30 September 1918, departing from Brooklyn, NY.
1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet
No
Files
Collection
Citation
“Burwell, John Armistead,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 4, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/1166.
Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Burwell, Edward Bouldin |
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