Hicks, Ernest Martin

Title

Hicks, Ernest Martin

Last Name

Hicks

First and Middle Name

Ernest Martin

Hometown

Poplar Hill, Virginia

County and/or State

Giles County, Virginia

Birth Date

24 December 1889

Birthplace

Poplar Hill, Virginia

Death Date

5 October 1918

Cause of Death

Influenza, Spanish Flu

Place of Death

Camp Lee, Virginia

Parents

Joseph Whitley Hicks and Julia Martin Wright

VPI Graduating Class

1912

Undergraduate Major

Agriculture, entered the two year agriculture program in 1910 at VPI and appears in the Apprentice Class on page 141 of the 1911 VPI Bugle Yearbook

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

Army

Unit

17th Training Company, 154th Depot Brigade at Camp Lee, Virginia

Rank

Private

Military Events

  • On his draft card Ernest Hicks indicated 1 year of military training at VPI
  • Died of Spanish Flu during military training at Camp Lee, Virginia on 5 October 1918

1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet

No

Bibliography

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute Bugle Yearbook, 1911, page 141
  • Ernest Martin Hicks, US Vetrans Affairs Administration Master Indext for Ernest Martin Hicks (see attached file)
  • Ernest Martin Hicks, US Draft Registration Card (see attached file)
  • Newspaper article about the death of Ernest Hicks, article incorrectly states taht Ernest was 22 years old at the time (see attached file)

Files

Gravestone of Ernest Martin Hicks.jpg
Newspaper article about the death of Ernest Hicks.jpg
Ernest Martin Hicks, US Draft Registration Card.jpg
Ernest Martin Hicks, US Vetrans Affairs Administration Master Indext for Ernest Martin Hicks.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Hicks, Ernest Martin,” VPI in World War I, accessed April 4, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/1227.

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