Gibbs, Maynard Osborne

Title

Gibbs, Maynard Osborne

Last Name

Gibbs

First and Middle Name

Maynard Osborne

Birth Date

25 September 1891

Birthplace

Port Royal, Virginia

Death Date

16 March 1924

Place of Death

McDowell, West Virginia

Parents

Gilbert Braxton Gibbs and Alice Glendora Clark

Spouse(s)

Carrie L. Cofer

Children

Alice Virginia Gibbs

VPI Graduating Class

1912

Undergraduate Major

Agriculture - entered two year agriculture program at VPI in 1910

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

Army

Unit

2nd Company, Construction Battalion, 1st RD

Rank

Sergeant

Military Events

  • Returned from France on the USS Plattsburg with Saint Aignan Casual Company No. 5440, Special Discharge 
  • Dischared from service on 23 June 1919

1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet

No

Collection

Citation

“Gibbs, Maynard Osborne,” VPI in World War I, accessed April 4, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/1226.

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