https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/0b465b5904a1e25eb088f22ceb514746.jpg ca75b930790c3cad47c4b2d251b2754e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1916 Person An individual. 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 In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but did attend VPI during the 1912-1913 school year. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army, Air Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? <ul> <li>Company M, 2nd Infantry Virginia National Guard to 12 December 1917 (became Company M, 116th Infantry)</li> <li>607th Aero Squadron to 11 July 1918</li> <li>Headquarters, 1st Provisional REgiment at Camp Greene, North Carolina to 21 July 1918</li> <li>Aero Squadron Supply Depot and Construction Camp and Camp Garden City, New York to discharge</li> </ul> Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Sergeant 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Bibliography <ul> <li>Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947 for Alfred E Carper (see attached file)</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carper, Alfred Eugene