Stephens, Joseph William George

Title

Last Name

Stephens

First and Middle Name

Joseph William George

Nicknames or Other Names

"Pop"

Hometown

Wicomico Church, Virginia

Birth Date

April 7, 1894

VPI Graduating Class

VPI Class of 1915

Undergraduate Major

Electrical Engineering

Service Branch

Army

Unit

Company E, 26th US Infantry, 1st Division

Rank

Major

Decorations or Citations

Distinguished Service Medal

Citation: "For extraordinary herosim in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. When necessity arose for a company to advance to an important position in the fighting, he led his command through a heavily shelled area with conspicuous bravery, reached his objective, and directed his men to a successful attack, until so seriously wounded as to necessitate his evacuation."

The above citations were taken from pg. 156, Virginians of Distinguished Service of the World War, published by the Virginia War History Commission, 1923

Files

Joseph William George Stephens senior portrait from the 1915 Bugle.jpg

Joseph William George Stephens picture from the 1915 Bugle.jpg

Joseph William George Stephens from the 1915 Bugle.jpg

Collection

VPI Class of 1915

Citation

“Stephens, Joseph William George,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 23, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/174.

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