Berry, Richard Ellys

Title

Berry, Richard Ellys

Last Name

Berry

First and Middle Name

Richard Ellys

Hometown

Norfolk, Virginia

Birth Date

18 October 1893

Birthplace

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Death Date

9 June 1970

Place of Death

Salem, Virginia

Parents

Richard Williams Berry and Lelia Berry

Spouse(s)

Ruth Leah Hart

Children

Shirley Anne Berry

VPI Graduating Class

1914

Undergraduate Major

Electrical Engineering

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

US Army

Unit

  • Company A, 137th Regiment Engineers, US Army from 22 February 1918 to 30 July 1919
  • Trained with Casual Company No. 8, at Camp Humphreys, Virginia

Rank

Private

1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet

No

Bibliography

  • Pennsylvania, U.S., World War I Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948 for Richard Ellys Berry
  • U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 for Richard E Berry

Files

Richard Ellys Berry portrait from the 1914 VPI Bugle yearbook.jpg
Richard Ellys Berry from the 1914 VPI Bugle yearbook.jpg
Pennsylvania, U.S., World War I Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948 for Richard Ellys Berry.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Berry, Richard Ellys,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 10, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/1194.

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