https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/dec8a91d318ca3736bb62e717dfbfa82.jpg b4eb9e5a175d374b628f8847e67724a1 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/1ef96b79132b943de7a9b60c7ec5aaf6.jpg 71ccc0d060e44404e8732e03637c07cc 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 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Kirby First and Middle Name Carl James VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but transferred to North Carolina State University his senior year and graduated in 1917. 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? Y Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Signal Corps Hometown Baywood County and/or State Grayson County, Virginia Birth Date July 13, 1888 Birthplace Grayson, Virginia Death Date December 7, 1952 Place of Death Sherwood Forest, Maryland Parents James K, Nancy Siblings Fred R, Bitha L, Sena D, John M Spouse(s) Eula Price Thompson (1936-1952), Blanche Wustemburg (1919-1930) Children Chantal M Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Enlistment February 22 1918, Release date January 12 1919 Bibliography Ancestry.com 1940 Census 1930 Census 1920 Census 1917 Agromeck U.S. Dept Veterans Affairs BIRLS Social Security Application 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 Kirby, Carl James