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Peirce, John Barry

Title

Peirce, John Barry

Last Name

Peirce

First and Middle Name

John Barry

Nicknames or Other Names

"Barry"

Hometown

Washington, DC

Birth Date

6/22/1893

Birthplace

Washington, DC

Death Date

10/5/1965

Cause of Death

N/a

Place of Death

N/a

VPI Graduating Class

1917

Undergraduate Major

Mechanical Engineering

Graduated

Y

Service Branch

Reserve Officers

Unit

Infantry

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Retired Rank

Retired a Captain

Postwar Life

Continued to serve

1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet

Y

Files

John Barry Peirce senior portrait from the 1917 Bugle (2).jpg

John Barry Peirce photograph from the 1917 Bugle (3).jpg

John Barry Peirce from the 1917 Bugle.jpg

Collection

VPI Class of 1917

Citation

“Peirce, John Barry,” VPI in World War I, accessed December 3, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/152.

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