Carper, Alfred Eugene
Title
Carper, Alfred Eugene
Last Name
Carper
First and Middle Name
Alfred Eugene
Hometown
Radford, Virginia
County and/or State
Montgomery County, Virginia
Birth Date
3 January 1895
Birthplace
Pearisburg, Virginia
Death Date
21 June 928
Parents
John Williams Carper and Olivia Wall Carper
VPI Graduating Class
1916
Graduated
No, but did attend VPI during the 1912-1913 school year.
Service Branch
Army, Air Corps
Unit
- Company M, 2nd Infantry Virginia National Guard to 12 December 1917 (became Company M, 116th Infantry)
- 607th Aero Squadron to 11 July 1918
- Headquarters, 1st Provisional REgiment at Camp Greene, North Carolina to 21 July 1918
- Aero Squadron Supply Depot and Construction Camp and Camp Garden City, New York to discharge
Rank
Sergeant
1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet
No
Bibliography
- Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947 for Alfred E Carper (see attached file)
Files
Collection
Citation
“Carper, Alfred Eugene,” VPI in World War I, accessed April 10, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/1240.
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