https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4fdef2185e4cd42a6196aec1007f960b.jpg 5595be685d85ebb25c2503ac917108dd 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 Furnival First and Middle Name George Mason Hometown Rapidan, Virginia County and/or State Culpeper County, Virginia Birth Date 26 October 1894 Birthplace Rapidan, Virginia Death Date 16 January 1936 Place of Death Culpeper, Virginia Parents James Bernard Furnival and Elise Clare Mason Spouse(s) Phyllis Kidder Lott Children John Bernard Furnival, George Mason Furnival Jr, and Richard Lott Furnival 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 Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Battery D, 227th Field Artillery, 4th Division Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Sergeant Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Department of Military Affairs Records indicates that he was slightly wounded on 29 September 1918. Served Overseas from 19 May 1918 through 29 July 1919. Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Meuse-Argonne, Ainse-Marne, Vesle Sector, Toulon Sector, St. Mihiel 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 George M Furnival (see attached file)</li> <li><a href="https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/62834e04-4638-49b8-ae9a-9baa914ad090" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Bugle, 1913 yearbook, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia), pg. 121.</a></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 Furnival, George Mason